Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Preface
Chronology of Jackson's Life, 1833-1845

1. Jacksonian America
2. "Nullification...Means Insurrection and War"
2. The Union Preserved
4. Reshuffling the Cabinet
5. "The Grand Triumphal Tour"
6. Duane's Dismissal
7. Panic!
8. Jackson's "Revolution"
9. The Rise of the Whig Party
10. Censure and Portest
11. "The Bank Is Dead"
12. The Hermitage Fire
13. The Most Dangerous Moment
14. "Permit Nothing That Is Wrong"
15. "No Apology"
16. Democratizing the Government
17. A Question of Freedom
18. "The Republic Has Degenerated into a Democracy"
19. "To Demand the Respect of All Europe"
20. Twilight of the Indians
21. "A Bomb Thrown Without Warning"
22. Jacksonian Democrazy
23. Texas
24. Jackson Triumphant
25. Life in the White House
26. Farewell
27. "Well Done Thou Faithful Servant"
28. to Join the Church
29. Silver Jubilee
30. Beaten But Not Conquered
31. A Fading Taper
32. "We Must Regain Texas"
33. "We Will All Meet in Heaven"

Notes
Biblioography

About the Author

Robert V. Remini is professor emeritus of history and the humanities at the Univeristy of Illinois at Chicago. The New York Times has called him "the foremost Jacksonian scholar of our time."He is the author of many books, Including biographies of Daniel Webster and Henry Clay.

Reviews

If courage is required in a biographer of Andrew Jackson, there is, at least, no shortage of literary battles where that bravery can by displayed. Professor Remini deserves his campaign medals.
—Peter Marshall, Times Literary Supplement

Jackson's significance in American political and social history is enormous. His larger-than-life personality and equally heroic convictions and prejudices changed the Presidency and the character of American political parties . . . [Remini] has produced a wonderful portrait, rich in detail, of a fascinating and important man and an authoritative . . . account of his role in American history.
—John A. Garraty, New York Times Book Review