The US Presidents (Monroe)

Character in Time: The US Presidents

Jackson

Monroe - The US Presidents (Jackson) - Character in Time President Andrew JacksonAmerica's first "popular" President, a young Andrew Jackson is dramatized at the moment he defends his and his wife's honor in a duel which results in a life-long untreatable wound. Friends and colleagues cannot allay his outrage and his need for "satisfaction." Jackson sees himself as a man of the people and his actions speak to the frontier sensibilities of an expanding America. Written by Lorraine Ash. Published 1999. 36 pages, $5.95 plus S&H and applicable sales tax.