Andrew Jackson, southerner
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 as an elite southern gentleman. Jackson grew up along the border between North Carolina and South Carolina, a district tied to Charleston, where the
eBook, English, 2014
Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, 2014
collective biographies
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"His very soul was grieved"
"A person of unblemished moral character"
"Gentlemanly satisfaction"
"As members of civilized society"
"You cannot mistake me, or my meaning"
"Ten dollars extra, for every hundred lashes"
"We will destroy our enemies"
"An end to all Indian wars"
"I feel an unusual sympathy for him"
"A great field is now open"
"Pure & uncontaminated by bargain & sale"
"The old hero stands heedless of the pelting storm"
"Et tu Brute"
"To the brink of insurrection and treason"
"A man indebted is a slave"
"That my white and red children may live in peace"
"I have been opposed always to the bank"
"Firebrands of anarchy and bloodshed"
"There would be great risk"
"Texas must, & will be ours."