Andrew Jackson: Symbol for an AgeWas the man who lent his name to "Jacksonian America" a rough-hewn frontiersman? A powerful, victorious general? Or merely a man of will? Separating myth from reality, John William Ward here demonstrates how Andrew Jackson captured the imagination of a generation of Americans and came to represent not just leadership but the ideal of courage, foresight, and ability. |
Contents
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Natures Nobleman | xxx |
The Plowman and the Professor | xli |
The Whigs Take to the Woods | lxiv |
PROVIDENCE | lxxviii |
WILL | cxv |
The Man of Iron | cxvi |
The Selfmade | cxxvi |
The Man of Malleable Iron | cxxxvii |
SYMBOL | cxl |
Coda | clv |
NOTES | clx |
INDEX | 36 |
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