| Andrew Jackson Contributor(s): Remini, Robert V. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060801328 ISBN-13: 9780060801328 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $18.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1999 Annotation: Professor Remini, already a recognized authority on the Jacksonian period, has written the best biography of Andrew Jackson available. It summarizes adequately the best of the old scholarship while at the same time branching off to offer significant new interpretations of crucial points. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - History | United States - 19th Century - Biography & Autobiography | Presidents & Heads Of State |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 00267419 |
| Lexile Measure: 1280 |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 5.33" W x 8.01" (0.47 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Cultural Region - South - Geographic Orientation - Tennessee - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: By the foremost Jacksonian scholar of our time (New York Times), the critically acclaimed and most concise biography of Andrew Jackson that takes a comprehensive look at the political, personal, and military life of the seventh president of the United States |
Contributor Bio(s): Remini, Robert V.: - 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. |