The Life of Andrew Jackson

Robert V. Remini

HarperCollins, Sep 1, 2001 - Biography & Autobiography - 448 pages

The classic one-volume biography of Andrew Jackson

Robert V. Remini's prizewinning, three-volumn biography, The Life of Andrew Jackson, won the National Book Award upon it's 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.

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User Review  - Ben - Goodreads

If you're a mild history buff like me, you probably know your Revolutionary War and Civil War periods pretty well but are somewhat hazy on your early 19th century America. And you don't know much ...

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User Review  - Matt Ely - Goodreads

I read it because the rise of Jacksonian democracy was something I was almost completely unfamiliar with. He lived through a dynamic period, fighting in the Revolution at a young teenager, commanding ...

About the author

Robert V. Remini is professor of history emeritus and research professor of humanities emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chicago and historian of the United States House of Representatives. He is the winner of the National Book Award for the third volume of his study of Andrew Jackson, and he lives in Wilmette, Illinois.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Life of Andrew Jackson; Perennial Classics
• Author: Robert V. Remini
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: HarperCollins, 2001
• ISBN: 0060937351, 9780060937355
• Length: 448 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Presidents & Heads of State; History / Modern / 19th Century; History / United States / 19th Century; History / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)