Annotated Bibliography for Andrew Jackson

Victor Lulo

Brands, H. W. Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times. New York: Doubleday, 2005

A scholarly biography of Jackson’s military career. A human portrait of both a remarkable man and of the American democracy as it was changed from a "government of the people" into a "government by the people."

Brustein, Andrew. The Passions of Andrew Jackson. New York: Randam House, 2003.

This is the dynamic A story of a larger-than-life American brought down to his authentic earthiness and demystified. Burstein relates Jackson to the presidents with whom he was and still is often compared, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson

Hofstadter, Richard. The American Political Tradition. New York, A.A. Knopf, 1948.

Describes how a combination of the great men, Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln, Teddy and Franklin Roosevelt and the times shaped what have come down to us as the leading tradition in American politics: the belief in American greatness, individualism, and compassion.

James, Marquis. The Life of Andrew Jackson Combines two books: The Border Captain and Andrew Jackson: Portrait of a President, New York, The Literary Guild, 1933.

The winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography in 1938, it was the definitive biography of its day.

Meacham, Jon. American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House. New York: Random House, c2008.

Won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Biography; examines how Jackson transformed both the American presidency and the nation he led. Andrew Jackson’s intimate circle of friends and his tumultuous times are at the heart of this remarkable book about the man who rose from nothing to create the modern presidency.

Marszalek, John F. The Petticoat Affair: Manners, Mutiny, and Sex in Andrew Jackson’s White House. Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, 2000.

Examines the Peggy Eaton affair, America's first sex scandal: An scandal that preoccupied and temporarily crippled the Jackson administration.

Remini, Robert V. Andrew Jackson and his Indian Wars. New York, Penguin Books, 2002.

Examines the treatment of the Indians and culminates their relocation west of the Mississippi.

Remini, Robert V. The Life of Andrew Jackson. New York, Perennial Classics, 2001.

Won the National Book Award upon it's completion in 1984. Remini captures the essence of the life and career of the seventh president of the United States in the meticulously crafted single-volume abridgement.

Schlesinger, Arthur M. Jr. The Age of Jackson. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1945. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History, it is probably the second place that all college history students should turn to, as they study pre-Civil War America.

Ward, John William. Andrew Jackson, Symbol for an Age. London and New York, Oxford University Press, 1962. This how writers of his day saw him. This is good treatment of this popular figure from the perspective of the age in which he lived.

Wilentz, Sean. Andrew Jackson. New York, Times Books/Henry Holt and Co., 2005.

Its a short biography, stressing Indian removal and slavery issues. Wilentz's most significant interpretations concern Indian policy and slavery.