Condensation of the author's three-volume biography originally published 1944-1984 under titles: Andrew Jackson and the course of American empire, 1767-1821; Andrew Jackson and the course of American freedom, 1822-1832, and Andrew Jackson and the course of American democracy, 1833-845.

Old Hickory averts disunion and war.

"In 1815, Britain's crack troops, fresh from victories against Napoleon, were stunningly defeated near New Orleans by a ragtag army of citizen soldiers under the fledgling commander they dubbed "Old Hickory." It was this battle that first defined the United States as a military power to be reckoned with and an independent democracy here to stay."--Jacket. "The Battle of New Orleans sets its scenes with an almost unbelievably colorful cast of characters,...

Chronicles the political-economic struggle between President Jackson and Nicholas Biddle in the Second Bank war.

A portrait of the early nineteenth-century president documents his career with the House of Representatives, efforts to create a consolidated national government, role as a diplomat, contributions to foreign policy, and antislavery campaigns.

The bitter election campaign that evolved modern party machinery and organized mass propaganda methods.