The classic one-volume biography of
Andrew Jackson, Robert V. Remini's prizewinning, three-volume biography,
The Life of Andrew Jackson, won the National Book Award upon its completion in 1984. Now, Remini captures the essence of the life and career of the seventh president of the United States in the meticulously crafted single-volume abridgement. Important moments such as Jackson's victory at
New Orleans, his role in the
Seminole wars, his disappointment in the
election of 1824, his victories in
1828 and
1832, his successful passing of the torch to Martin
Van Buren in
1836, his war against the
Second Bank of the United States, and his
mistreatment of Indians are all covered.
Background Information
Andrerw Jackson represented a break with the aristocratic tradition of American politics and the rise of the common man.. The final battle of the War of 1812 took place after the peace had been signed, but the victorious Andrew Jackson hadn't heard the news. Andrew Jackson forced the "civilized tribes" of the southeast to cede their homelands to white settlement and move to Indian Territory in a migration known as the Trail of Tears.
