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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Buchanan, John, 1931- Jackson's way. New York : Wiley, c2001 (OCoLC)606491743 Online version: Buchanan, John, 1931- Jackson's way. New York : Wiley, c2001 (OCoLC)608144438 |
| Named Person: | Andrew Jackson; Andrew Jackson, Politiker. |
| Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
John Buchanan |
| ISBN: | 0471282537 9780471282532 |
| OCLC Number: | 44266136 |
| Description: | xiii, 434 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Beginnings -- Vanguard of Empire -- The Frontier -- The Cumberland Salient -- Under Siege -- "I Am a Native of This Nation & of Rank in It" -- The Rise of Andrew Jackson -- Buchanan's Station and Nickajack -- "When You Have Read This Letter over Three Times, Then Burn It" -- Major General Andrew Jackson -- Conspiracy and Blood -- Old Hickory -- Massacre -- "Time Is Not to Be Lost" -- Mutiny -- They "Whipped Captain Jackson, and Run Him to the Coosa River" -- Horseshoe Bend -- "We Have Conquered" -- "I Act without the Orders of Government" -- "To Arms!" -- "I Will Smash Them, so Help Me God!" -- Beauty and Booty. |
| Responsibility: | John Buchanan. |
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Abstract:
Praise for Jackson's Way "A compelling account of Jackson's Indian-fighting days... as well a grand sweep of the conquest of the trans-Appalachian West, a more complex, bloody, and intrigue-filled episode than is generally appreciated... Mr. Buchanan writes with style and insight... This is history at its best.
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"Buchanan uses quotations from primary sources so well that they blend almost seamlessly with his own writing..." (Publishers Weekly) "John Buchanan gives a compelling account of Jackson's Indian-fighting days...Mr. Buchanan writes with style and insight." (The Wall Street Journal, July 26, 2001) "A compelling account ... Mr. Buchanan writes with style and insight... This is history at its best." Wall Street Journal Thursday, July 26, 2001 Read more...
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- Generals -- United States -- Biography.
- Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
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- Jackson, Andrew -- Politiker.
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