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Andrew Jackson Hardcover - 2005

by Wilentz, Sean

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Andrew Jackson, the charismatic general who had defeated the British at New Orleans and who embodied the hopes of ordinary Americans, brought American politics into a new age. This text recounts the fiery career of this larger-than-life figure.

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New York: Times Books. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 2005. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 195 pp., Remainder dot lower edge. .
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  • Title Andrew Jackson
  • Author Wilentz, Sean
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st
  • Condition Used - Fine copy in fine dust jacket
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Times Books, New York
  • Date 2005
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # BOOKS106020I
  • ISBN 9780805069259 / 0805069259
  • Weight 1.06 lbs (0.48 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6.3 x 1 in (23.11 x 16.00 x 2.54 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
  • Library of Congress subjects Presidents - United States, Jackson, Andrew
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005052857
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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Citations

  • Booklist, 12/15/2005, Page 16
  • Choice, 10/01/2006, Page 363
  • Kirkus Reviews, 11/01/2005, Page 1180
  • Library Journal, 12/01/2005, Page 142
  • Publishers Weekly, 10/31/2005, Page 42
  • Reference and Research Bk News, 11/01/2006, Page 71

About the author

Sean Wilentz, a professor of history at Princeton University, is the author or editor of several books, including Chants Democratic and The Rise of American Democracy. He has also written for The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The New Republic, and other publications. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey.

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., (1917-2007) was the preeminent political historian of our time. For more than half a century, he was a cornerstone figure in the intellectual life of the nation and a fixture on the political scene. He won two Pulitzer prizes for The Age of Jackson (1946) and A Thousand Days (1966), and in 1988 received the National Humanities Medal. He published the first volume of his autobiography, A Life in the Twentieth Century, in 2000.

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