Andrew Jackson (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Margaret L. Coit
- First Published: 1965
- Time of Work: 1767–1845
- Setting: Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Washington, D.C.
- Principal Characters: Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, Thomas Hart Benton, John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay, Sam Houston, Rachel Donelson Jackson, Martin Van Buren
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Politics, Native Americans or American Indians, War, Soldiers, Presidents, Biography, Duels or dueling, Banks, bankers, or banking, Generals
- Locales: Mississippi, Washington, D.C., Louisiana, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina
Form and Content
Margaret L. Coit’s biography of Andrew Jackson is written in a third-person, narrative form. The story is divided into thirteen chapters, not always in the most logical manner, but the attractive power of the writing tends to weld the parts into an effective whole. The author appropriately stresses Jackson’s presidential years and places unusual emphasis upon his role in retirement as an elder statesman. Although relatively little is known of Jackson’s youth, Coit includes enough material on this crucial period to give life to the adult character.
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