Yet this hasn’t prevented Trump from playing book critic. “Get the new book on Andrew Jackson by Brian Kilmeade … Really good,” he tweeted in December. As a historian who has studied ...

In 1860, author James Parton published a three-volume “Life of Andrew Jackson.” Thoroughly researched and vividly written, Parton’s book became the standard biography for his generation.

Andrew Jackson was born ... Even though this biography is quite hefty, Brands combines action, intrigue and an all-American rags to riches story. The book packs a massive amount of research ...

THERE'S a book that may make you ashamed we've put Old Hickory's face on the $20 bill. Robert V. Remini, professor emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chicago and author of a National Book ...

Andrew Jackson, president from 1829 ... As a result, Meacham’s biography stands out because his overarching reason for writing the book is to convince readers that Jackson influenced the modern ...

The Pulitzer Prize for biography went to ‘American Lion: Andrew Jackson and the White House’ by Jon Meacham, it was announced today. The book, our reviewer Robert Roper explains ...

A clip of a President Jackson biography, from C-SPAN’s “American ... Jon Meacham, author of the book, American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House (Random House, November 1, 2008), talked ...