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American lion : Andrew Jackson in the White House
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- ISBN: 1400063256 (alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9781400063253 (alk. paper)
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Physical Description:
xxiv, 483 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
print - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Random House, c2008.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [449]-462) and index. |
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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 |
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American Lion : Andrew Jackson in the White House
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Table of Contents
American Lion : Andrew Jackson in the White House
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| A Note on the Text | p. xiii | |
| Principal Characters | p. xv | |
| Prologue: With the Feelings of a Father: The White House, Washington, Winter 1832-33 | p. xvii | |
| I | The Love of Country, Fame and Honor: Beginnings to Late 1830 | |
| 1 | Andy Will Fight His Way in the World | p. 3 |
| 2 | Follow Me and I'll Save You Yet | p. 20 |
| 3 | A Marriage, a Defeat, and a Victory | p. 41 |
| 4 | You Know Best, My Dear | p. 52 |
| 5 | Ladies' Wars Are Always Fierce and Hot | p. 70 |
| 6 | A Busybody Presbyterian Clergyman | p. 86 |
| 7 | My White and Red Children | p. 91 |
| 8 | Major Eaton Has Spoken of Resigning | p. 98 |
| 9 | An Opinion of the President Alone | p. 114 |
| 10 | Liberty and Union, Now and Forever | p. 124 |
| 11 | General Jackson Rules by His Personal Popularity | p. 135 |
| II | I Will Die With the Union: Late 1830 to 1834 | |
| 12 | I Have Been Left to Sup Alone | p. 157 |
| 13 | A Mean and Scurvy Piece of Business | p. 177 |
| 14 | Now Let Him Enforce It | p. 198 |
| 15 | The Fury of a Chained Panther | p. 208 |
| 16 | Hurra for the Hickory Tree! | p. 218 |
| 17 | A Dreadful Crisis of Excitement and Violence | p. 222 |
| 18 | The Mad Project of Disunion | p. 227 |
| 19 | We Are Threatened to Have Our Throats Cut | p. 238 |
| 20 | Great Is the Stake Placed in Our Hands | p. 248 |
| 21 | My Mind Is Made Up | p. 254 |
| 22 | He Appeared to Feel as a Father | p. 260 |
| 23 | The People, Sir, Are with Me | p. 266 |
| 24 | We Are in the Midst of a Revolution | p. 275 |
| III | The Evening of His Days: 1834 to the End | |
| 25 | So You Want War | p. 283 |
| 26 | A Dark, Lawless, and Insatiable Ambition! | p. 286 |
| 27 | There Is a Rank Due to the United States Among Nations | p. 291 |
| 28 | The Wretched Victim of a Dreadful Delusion | p. 298 |
| 29 | How Would You Like to Be a Slave? | p. 302 |
| 30 | The Strife About the Next Presidency | p. 307 |
| 31 | Not One Would Have Ever Got Out Alive | p. 315 |
| 32 | I Fear Emily Will Not Recover | p. 321 |
| 33 | The President Will Go Out Triumphantly | p. 334 |
| 34 | The Shock Is Great, and Grief Universal | p. 340 |
| Epilogue: He Still Lives | p. 355 | |
| Author's Note and Acknowledgments | p. 363 | |
| Notes | p. 371 | |
| Bibliography | p. 449 | |
| Illustration Credits | p. 463 | |
| Index | p. 465 |
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