ANDREW JACKSON
The Waxhaws Boy Who Became Old Hickory From the Revolutionary Frontier to the White House and the Making of Modern American PoliticsBy Margaret Aldrich Tate
Length5h 43m
About this audiobook
He fought duels, defied the Supreme Court, and put the people in the White House — and we're still arguing about him today.
Andrew Jackson is the most controversial face on American money: war hero to some, villain to others, a mystery to most. You know the nickname "Old Hickory." You've seen him on the $20 bill. But do you really know the orphaned backcountry boy who clawed his way from the Waxhaws to the White House and rewired American politics forever?
If Andrew Jackson has always been a contradiction you couldn't untangle — patriot and slaveholder, champion of the common man and architect of Indian Removal — this is the book that finally makes sense of him.
Inside, you'll discover:
* **How a poor orphan became "Old Hickory"** — from a Revolutionary boy soldier scarred by a British sword to the hero of the Battle of New Orleans.
* **The making of modern American politics** — the "corrupt bargain" of 1824, the brutal 1828 campaign, and the birth of the people's presidency.
* **Jackson's most explosive fights** — the Bank War, the Nullification Crisis, and the moment a president became "King Andrew."
* **The dark legacy** — the Indian Removal Act, the Trail of Tears, and the true human cost of Jacksonian democracy.
This isn't a dusty textbook. It's a gripping, full-blooded portrait of Andrew Jackson — Old Hickory himself — and the turbulent age he created.
If you love presidential biography that reads like a novel, Andrew Jackson belongs on your shelf.
Scroll up, click "Buy Now," and meet Andrew Jackson — the man who remade America.
Audiobook details
GenreOther, Literary Classics, General Fiction
Length5 hrs 43 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
22PART FIVE: THE PATH TO POWER (1822–1828)
2Author’s Note
23Chapter 15: The 1824 Election and the Corrupt Bargain
3Prologue: The Wound on the Cheek
24Chapter 16: The 1828 Campaign — Rachel's Death and the Bitter Victory
4PART ONE: THE WAXHAWS BOY (1767–1788)
25PART SIX: THE PEOPLE'S PRESIDENT (1829–1833)
5Chapter 1: The Carolina Backcountry — A Family on the Edge
26Chapter 17: The Inauguration and the Kitchen Cabinet
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6Chapter 2: Revolution and the Boy Soldier
27Chapter 18: The Eaton Affair
7Chapter 3: The Long Road from Salisbury to Nashville
28Chapter 19: The Indian Removal Act
8PART TWO: TENNESSEE PLANTER (1788–1812)
29Chapter 20: The Nullification Crisis
9Chapter 4: Rachel Donelson and a Marriage Across Two States
30PART SEVEN: KING ANDREW (1832–1837)
10Chapter 5: The Hermitage and the Making of a Slaveholder
31Chapter 21: The Bank War
11Chapter 6: Law, Land, and the Charles Dickinson Duel
32Chapter 22: The Specie Circular and the Coming Panic
12Chapter 7: The Politics of the Cumberland
33Chapter 23: Texas and the Question of Slavery's Expansion
13PART THREE: OLD HICKORY (1812–1815)
34Chapter 24: The Election of 1836 and the Departure
14Chapter 8: The Natchez March and the Birth of the Nickname
35PART EIGHT: LEGACY
15Chapter 9: The Creek War and Horseshoe Bend
36Chapter 25: The Hermitage Years and the Death of Old Hickory
16Chapter 10: Pensacola and the Spanish Question
37Chapter 26: Jackson in American Memory
17Chapter 11: The Battle of New Orleans
38Epilogue: The Old Man Under the Magnolia
18PART FOUR: THE FLORIDA AFFAIR (1815–1821)
39Acknowledgments
19Chapter 12: The First Seminole War
40Selected Bibliography
20Chapter 13: The Arbuthnot and Ambrister Trials
41About the Author
21Chapter 14: Governor of the Floridas
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