Description: This is a first edition copy of the "Pictorial Life of ANDREW JACKSON" by John Frost. 1847 1st edition; Belknap and Hamersley; Hartford. Bound in full decorative leather with gilt lettering on the spine and marbled end papers. The book is richly illustrated with dozens of engravings from designs by William Croome. In this biography, the author has "dwelt chiefly on that part of General Jackson's life respecting which there is no controversy, viz: his brilliant military career" (including his involvements in the the War of 1812, the Creek War, the Battle of New Orleans, and the Seminole Wars). The contents are as follows: Early Life; Services in the Revolution; Professional Life; Indian War; Legislative and Judicial Life; Commencement of the Creek War; Tallushatchee; Talladega; Hillabee Towns; Desertions and Mutiny; Georgia Victories; Emuckfaw; Enotichopco; Tohopeka; Conclusion of the Creek War; Pensacola; New Orleans; Battle of the Twenty-third of December; New Orleans; Battle of the First of January; The Seminole War; Jackson at the Hermitage; First Presidential Term; Second Presidential Term; Last Days of Jackson. From the Preface: "A Life of General Jackson, written so soon after his decease as the present, may be thought premature. Perhaps in some respects it is so. There are many points in which posterity alone will be able to appreciate his merits, and do justice to his claims. But with respect to the great elements of his character, and the leading actions of his life, all parties seem now to be agreed. The number of those who will deny his ability as a soldier, or his purity, disinterestedness, and instinctive foresight as a statesman, is comparatively small. Many of those able and distinguished men who deemed it their duty to oppose his leading political measures, always regarded him, while living, with respect, and still cherish his memory with reverence. It may therefore be confidently hoped that an attempt to give an impartial biography of him may be received with candour by the great mass of his countrymen."
Price: 125 USD
Location: Merrimack, New Hampshire
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Binding: Leather
Place of Publication: Hartford
Publisher: Belknap and Hamersley
Subject: Biography & Autobiography
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1847
Language: English
Illustrator: William Croome
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
Author: John Frost
Topic: Nonfiction
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Character Family: Andrew Jackson
