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.
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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.