Book Summary and Reviews of Andrew Jackson by H.W. Brands

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A bracing, human portrait of both a remarkable man and of American democracy as it was transformed from a "government of the people" into a "government by the people." - PW Starred Review.

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H.W. Brands Author Biography

H.W. Brands holds the Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin. A New York Times bestselling author, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in biography for The First American and Traitor to His Class.

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