A biography of the seventh president from his childhood in South Carolina, through his military career in the War of 1812 and his family life, to his legacy as America's first populist president.
General Note
Includes index.
Content Note
Boyhood in the Waxhaws -- Teenage revolutionary -- Frontier spirit -- Devotion and duty -- Reputations and rivalries -- General -- Candidate -- People's president -- Last years at the Hermitage.