National Book Award Non Fiction Winner

Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Democracy

by Robert V. Remini

Summary

The third volume of a definitive biography of the seventh president, focusing on the rise of the "common man" and the Jacksonian era.

Historical Context & Significance

Remini spent his entire career on Jackson; this volume is the peak of 1980s "Great Man" biography, focusing on the birth of modern American politics.