Andrew Jackson, Southerner

by Mark R. Cheathem

Book Overview

Many Americans view Andrew Jackson as a frontiersman who fought duels, killed Indians, and stole another man's wife. Historians have traditionally presented Jackson as a man who struggled to overcome the obstacles of his backwoods upbringing and helped create a more democratic United States. In his compelling new biography of Jackson, Mark R. Cheathem argues for a reassessment of these long-held views, suggesting that in fact Old Hickory lived...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807150983
• ISBN13: 9780807150986
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.0"