Includes bibliographical references (p. 47) and index.
Contents:
Boyhood on the frontier -- The teen soldier -- The wild young rebel -- Law comes to Tennessee -- General Jackson -- The president of the people.
Summary:
Introduces the life of the "people's president," who spent his childhood on the frontier, his youth as a military hero, and his adulthood as a lawyer, judge, and politician.
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