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|aAmerican lion :|bAndrew Jackson in the White House /|cJon Meacham
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|aNew York :|bRandom House Trade Paperbacks,|c2009, c2008
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|axxii, 483 p., [16] p. of plates :|bill. ;|c23 cm
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|aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [449]-462) and index
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|gThe love of country, fame and honor: beginnings to late 1830 --|tAndy will fight his way in the world --|tFollow me and I'll save you yet --|tA marriage, a defeat, and a victory --|tYou know best, my dear --|tLadies' wars are always fierce and hot --|tA busybody Presbyterian clergyman --|tMy white and red children --|tMajor Eaton has spoken of resigning --|tAn opinion of the President alone --|tLiberty and union, now and forever --|tGeneral Jackson rules by his personal popularity --|gI will die with the Union: late 1830 to 1834 --|tI have been left to sup alone --|tA mean and scurvy piece of business --|tNow let him enforce it --|tThe fury of a chained panther --|tHurra for the hickory tree! --|tA dreadful crisis of excitement and violence --|tThe mad project of disunion --|tWe are threatened to have our throats cut --|tGreat is the stake placed in our hands --|tMy mind is made up --|tHe appeared to feel as a father --|tThe people, sir, are with me --|tWe are in the midst of a revolution --|gThe evening of his days: 1834 to the end --|tSo you want war --|tA dark, lawless, and insatiable ambition! --|tThere is a rank due to the United States among nations --|tThe wretched victim of a dreadful delusion --|tHow would you like to be a slave? --|tThe strife about the next Presidency --|tNot one would have ever got out alive --|tI fear Emily will not recover --|tThe President will go out triumphantly --|tThe shock is great, and grief universal
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|aA thought-provoking study of Andrew Jackson chronicles the life and career of a self-made man who went on to become a military hero and seventh president of the United States, critically analyzing Jackson's seminal role during a turbulent era in history, the political crises and personal upheaval that surrounded him, and his legacy for the modern presidency
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|aPulitzer Prizes
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|aUnited States|xPolitics and government|y1829-1837
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