- Politics and government, Presidents, Friends and associates, Biography
Andrew Jackson, his intimate circle of friends, and his tumultuous times are at the heart of this remarkable book about the man who rose from nothing to create the modern presidency.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and epic.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Jon Meacham
- First published
- 2008
- Pages
- 694
- Publisher
- Random House, Random House Publishing Group, Distributed by Random House
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781299127692
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