A review by readermeginco
Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times by H.W. Brands

4.0

This was a very lively biography, but then Andrew Jackson was quite a lively man. He has been considered by many to have been a terrible president and yet he appears to have been a effective military leader, albeit way to eager to join every fight he could both personally ("I demand satisfaction, Sir!") and professionally ("Mr. President, if you would but send me and my Tennessee Volunteers"). Brands did a great job of setting the scene of the turbulent political times and left me wanting to read more about this charismatic, fighting general cum President.