The Life of Andrew Jackson
By Robert V. Remini
(Harper Perennial Modern Classics, Paperback, 9780060937355, 448pp.)
Publication Date: August 3, 2001
Other Editions of This Title: Paperback (January 27, 2010), Paperback (November 1990)
Categories: Historical - U.S., Presidents & Heads of State, United States - 19th Century
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The classic one-volume biography of Andrew Jackson
Robert V. Remini's prizewinning, three-volumn biography, The Life of Andrew Jackson, won the National Book Award upon it's completion in 1984. Now, Remini captures the essence of the life and career of the seventh president of the United States in the meticulously crafted single-volume abridgement.
Robert V. Remini is professor of history emeritus and research professor of humanities emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chicago and historian of the United States House of Representatives. He is the winner of the National Book Award for the third volume of his study of Andrew Jackson, and he lives in Wilmette, Illinois.











