Bibliograph

The rise of Andrew Jackson, myth, manipulation, and the making of modern politics, David S. Heidler and Jeanne T. Heidler

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Label

The rise of Andrew Jackson, myth, manipulation, and the making of modern politics, David S. Heidler and Jeanne T. Heidler

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-417) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The rise of Andrew Jackson

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1023485228

Responsibility statement

David S. Heidler and Jeanne T. Heidler

Sub title

myth, manipulation, and the making of modern politics

Summary

"Andrew Jackson was volatile and prone to violence, and well into his forties his sole claim on the public's affections derived from his victory in a thirty-minute battle at New Orleans in early 1815. Yet those in his immediate circle believed he was a great man who should be president of the United States. Jackson's election in 1828 is usually viewed as a result of the expansion of democracy. Historians David and Jeanne Heidler argue that he actually owed his victory to his closest supporters, who wrote hagiographies of him, founded newspapers to savage his enemies, and built a political network that was always on message. In transforming a difficult man into a paragon of republican virtue, the Jacksonites exploded the old order and created a mode of electioneering that has been mimicked ever since."--, Provided by publisher

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