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Jackson

Audiobook
Nonfiction: History
Unabridged   3.5 hour(s)
Publication date: 03/14/2017

Jackson

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Digital Download ISBN:9781681685526

Summary

Ralph K. Andrist presents the story of how Andrew Jackson—war hero and spokesman for the frontier, the first president from west of the Alleghenies, the first born in a log cabin—fought his way to the White House.

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Once in the White House, Andrew Jackson stood for the rights of common citizens, founded the Democratic Party, expanded the powers of the presidency, paid off the national debt, and postponed civil war by prevailing against the advocates of states’ rights. By today’s standards, however, Jackson was hardly politically correct: he also owned many slaves on his Tennessee plantation and sponsored the Indian Removal Act, which triggered the brutal forced march of tens of thousands of Native Americans to Oklahoma. Here is his story.

Author Bio

Ralph K. Andrist graduated with Magna Cum Laude with a major in journalism from the University of Minnesota in 1935. During World War II, he served as a Lieutenant on the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier Tulagi, in Europe and the Pacific. Ralph was a renowned as scholar, radio journalist, and author.