Andrew Jackson | Andrew Jackson

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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

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.

Andrew Jackson | Andrew Jackson

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