02564cam a2200361 i 4500 552905781 TxAuBib 20220609120000.0 220221s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022930791 9781982191092 HRD 30.00 1982191090 HRD 30.00 TxAuBib rda Brown, David S, 1966-, (David Scott.) The first Populist [BOOK] : the defiant life of Andrew Jackson / David S. Brown. First Scribner hardcover edition. New York, NY : Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2022. xi, 417 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of 18 numbered plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical resources and index. Andrew Jackson rose from rural poverty to become the dominant figure in American politics between Jefferson and Lincoln. His reputation, however, defies easy description. Some regard him as the symbol of a powerful democratic movement that saw early 19th century suffrage restrictions recede for white men. Others stress his prominent role in removing Native American peoples from their ancestral lands, which were then opened to create a southern cotton kingdom, home to more than a million enslaved people. A self-defined champion of “farmers, mechanics, and laborers,” Jackson railed against the established ruling order, fostering a brand of democracy that struck a chord with the common man and helped catapult him into the presidency—he was the first westerner, first orphan, and thus far the only prisoner of war to occupy the office. Drawing on a wide range of research material, The First Populist takes a fresh look at Jackson’s public career, including the momentous Battle of New Orleans and the far-reaching Bank War; it reveals his marriage to an already married woman, a deadly duel with a Nashville dandy, and analyzes his magnetic hold on much of the country at the time. Provided by publisher. 20220609. Jackson, Andrew 1767-1845. Presidents United States Biography. Populism United States Biography. United States Politics and government 1829-1837. Biographies.