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Andrew Jackson, Southerner

by Mark Cheathem

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

Publisher

Louisiana State University Press

Publication date

2015

Format

Print edition

Pages

328

ISBN

9780807162316