Table of Contents
Preface ix
Chronology of Jackson's Life, 1767-1845 xi
Genealogy of the Jackson Family xv
1 Boy from the Waxhaw District 1
2 Frontiersman and Lawyer 14
3 Congressman Jackson 28
4 The Duel 42
5 Old Hickory 55
6 The Creek War 68
7 The Battle of New Orleans 86
8 Indian Removal 105
9 The First Seminole War 116
10 Governor Jackson 129
11 An Era of Corruption 137
12 "Jackson and Reform" 157
13 The First People's Inaugural 172
14 The Reform Begins 183
15 Political Upheaval 190
16 Return to Reform 208
17 The Bank War Begins 220
18 Jackson and the Union 233
19 The Union Preserved 244
20 "The Grand Triumphal Tour" 252
21 Panic! 261
22 The End of the Bank 272
23 The Hermitage Fire 278
24 Jacksonian Diplomacy 283
25 Jacksonian Democracy 295
26 Texas 309
27 Life in the White House 315
28 Farewell 327
29 Retirement 336
30 The Silver Jubilee 342
31 "We Must Regain Texas" 346
32 "We Will All Meet in Heaven" 354
Notes 361
Bibliography 397
Index 399
Maps and Floor Plans
The Creek Campaign, 1813-1814 76
Route of British Invasion 94
Battle of New Orleans, January 8, 1815 98
Indian Removal-Southern Tribes 107
First Seminole War, 1818 123
Hermitage, First Floor 300
Hermitage, Second Floor 301
The White House, 1833, Main Floor 318
The White House, 1833, Second Story 319