{"product_id":"book-aw9a","title":"Andrew Jackson","description":"The extraordinary story of Andrew Jackson—the colorful, dynamic, and forceful president  who ushered in the Age of Democracy and set a still young America on its path to  greatness—told by the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe First American\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The most famous  American of his time, Andrew Jackson is a seminal figure in American history. The  first “common man” to rise to the presidency, Jackson embodied the spirit and the  vision of the emerging American nation; the term “Jacksonian democracy” is embedded  in our national lexicon. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With the sweep, passion, and attention to detail that  made \u003ci\u003eThe First American\u003c\/i\u003e a Pulitzer Prize finalist and a national bestseller, historian  H.W. Brands shapes a historical narrative that’s as fast-paced and compelling as  the best fiction. He follows Andrew Jackson from his days as rebellious youth, risking  execution to free the Carolinas of the British during the Revolutionary War, to his  years as a young lawyer and congressman from the newly settled frontier state of  Tennessee. As general of the Tennessee militia, he put down a massive Indian uprising  in the South, securing the safety of American settlers, and his famous rout of the  British at the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812 made him a national hero.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e But it is Jackson’s contributions as president, however, that won him a place in  the pantheon of America’s greatest leaders. A man of the people, without formal education  or the family lineage of the Founding Fathers, he sought as president to make the  country a genuine democracy, governed by and for the people. Jackson, although respectful  of states’ rights, devoted himself to the preservation of the Union, whose future  in that age was still very much in question. When South Carolina, his home state,  threatened to secede over the issue of slavery, Jackson promised to march down with  100,000 federal soldiers should it dare. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In the bestselling tradition of \u003ci\u003eFounding  Brothers\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHis Excellency\u003c\/i\u003e by Joseph Ellis and of \u003ci\u003eJohn Adams\u003c\/i\u003e by David McCullough,  \u003ci\u003eAndrew Jackson\u003c\/i\u003e is the first single-volume, full-length biography of Jackson in decades.  This magisterial portrait of one of our greatest leaders promises to reshape our  understanding of both the man and his era and is sure to be greeted with enthusiasm  and acclaim.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLook for H.W. Brands's other biographies: THE FIRST AMERICAN (Benjamin Franklin), THE MAN WHO SAVED THE UNION (Ulysses S. Grant), TRAITOR TO HIS CLASS (Franklin Roosevelt) and REAGAN.\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49397165261104,"sku":"BDaw9a","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/659329-aw9a-Square.jpg?v=1735456697","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-aw9a","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}