02010nam a2200289u  450000100100000000300080001000500170001800700030003500800410003801000150007902000220009402400180011604000540013404300120018808200230020010000170022324500560024025000110029626000340030730000640034150400650040550501770047052009460064760000320159365000410162565100540166657754271 MeVbMML20250701163338.0ta100706s2005    nyuabcf  b    001 0beng    a2005042178  a0385507380c26.953 a9780385507387  aDLCcDLCdBAKERdIK2dOCOdC#PdYBMdUtOrBLWdAJM  an-us---00a973.5/6/092aB2221 aBrands, H. W10aAndrew Jackson :cH.W. Brandsbhis life and times /  a1st ed  aNew York :bDoubleday,cc2005  axi, 620 p., [8] p. of plates :bill., maps, ports. ;c25 cm  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [597]-607) and index0 aChild of the revolution (1767-1805) -- Son of the West (1805-1814) -- American hero (1814-1821) -- The people's president (1821-1837) -- Patriarch of democracy (1837- 1845)  aThe first "common man" to rise to the presidency, Jackson embodied the spirit and the vision of the emerging American nation; the term "Jacksonian democracy" is embedded in our national lexicon. Historian Brands follows Jackson from his days as rebellious youth, risking execution to free the Carolinas during the Revolutionary War, to his years as a young lawyer and congressman from the newly settled frontier state of Tennessee. As general of the Tennessee militia, his famous rout of the British at the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812 made him a national hero. But it is Jackson's presidency that won him a place among America's greatest leaders. A man of the people, he sought to make the country a genuine democracy, governed by and for the people. Although respectful of states' rights, when his home state threatened to secede, he promised to march down with 100,000 federal soldiers should it dare.bFrom the publisher.10aJackson, Andrew,d1767-1845 0aPresidentszUnited StatesvBiography 0aUnited StatesxPolitics and governmenty1829-1837