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"While the recent vogue for all things 1776 has turned the powdered wigs and lace blouses of the East Coast gentry into familiar images, ANDREW JACKSON: HIS LIFE AND HIS TIMES is set in the country's far less genteel interior. This lends a freshness to the story, which is absorbing on its merit....It is...a panoramic tale, peopled by a cast from Sam Houston and Davy Crockett to Tecumseh, and, improbably, Aaron Burr."Brands, H. W. is the author of 'Andrew Jackson His Life And Times', published 2005 under ISBN 9780385507387 and ISBN 0385507380.
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