The First Populist: The Defiant Life of Andrew Jackson

by David S. Brown

Book Overview

A timely, "solidly researched [and] gracefully written" (The Wall Street Journal) biography of President Andrew Jackson that offers a fresh reexamination of this charismatic figure in the context of American populism--connecting the complex man and the politician to a longer history of division, dissent, and partisanship that has come to define our current times.

Andrew Jackson rose from rural poverty in the Carolinas to become...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1982191104
• ISBN13: 9781982191108
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Scribner Book Company
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"