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 ...

In this, the first major single-volume biography of Andrew Jackson in decades, H.W. Brands reshapes our understanding of this fascinating man, and of the Age of Democracy that he ushered in.

His life story, wonderfully told in the new biography “Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times ... history for The Seattle Times. His newest book, “Nervous Water,” will be published next ...

Five biographies or histories of the period in which he lived have either won the Pulitzer Prize or the National Book Award: Marquis James’ two volume “The Life of Andrew Jackson” (1937 ...

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 ...