American lion : Andrew Jackson in the White House
Record details
- ISBN: 9780812973464
- ISBN: 0812973461
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Physical Description:
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xxii, 483 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm - Edition: Random House Trade paperback edition.
- Publisher: New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2009.
- Copyright: ©2008
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-462) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The love of country, fame and honor: beginnings to late 1830 -- Andy will fight his way in the world -- Follow me and I'll save you yet -- A marriage, a defeat, and a victory -- You know best, my dear -- Ladies' wars are always fierce and hot -- A busybody Presbyterian clergyman -- My white and red children -- Major Eaton has spoken of resigning -- An opinion of the President alone -- Liberty and union, now and forever -- General Jackson rules by his personal popularity -- I will die with the Union: late 1830 to 1834 -- I have been left to sup alone -- A mean and scurvy piece of business -- Now let him enforce it -- The fury of a chained panther -- Hurra for the hickory tree! -- A dreadful crisis of excitement and violence -- The mad project of disunion -- We are threatened to have our throats cut -- Great is the stake placed in our hands -- My mind is made up -- He appeared to feel as a father -- The people, sir, are with me -- We are in the midst of a revolution -- The evening of his days: 1834 to the end -- So you want war -- A dark, lawless, and insatiable ambition! -- There is a rank due to the United States among nations -- The wretched victim of a dreadful delusion -- How would you like to be a slave? -- The strife about the next Presidency -- Not one would have ever got out alive -- I fear Emily will not recover -- The President will go out triumphantly -- The shock is great, and grief universal. |
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Subject: | Jackson, Andrew 1767-1845 Jackson, Andrew 1767-1845 Family Jackson, Andrew 1767-1845 Friends and associates Presidents United States Biography United States Politics and government 1829-1837 |
Genre: | Biographies. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | E 382 .M43 2009 | 30775305523509 | General Collection | Available | - |