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Andrew Jackson Donelson : Jacksonian and unionist / Richard Douglas Spence.

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Main Author: Spence, Richard Douglas, 1958- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, [2017]
Series:New perspectives on Jacksonian history.
Subjects:
Donelson, Andrew Jackson, > 1799-1871.
Jackson, Andrew, > 1767-1845 > Family.
United States > Politics and government > 1815-1861.
Diplomats > United States > Biography.
Politicians > United States > Biography.
Jackson, Andrew, > 1767-1845.
Diplomats.
Families.
Politicians.
Politics and government.
United States.
Biography.
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: a pleasant stop in Memphis
  • New lives in "that land of promise" (1716-July 1820)
  • Emily
  • and a triumph and tragedy (August 1820-December 1828)
  • The petticoat war (January 1829-August 1831)
  • The rising politician (September 1831-December 1835)
  • "Death could not extinguish the light of her spirit" (December 1835-August 1841)
  • Elizabeth-and Polk and Texas! (September 1841-August 1844)
  • "The most important mission" (September 1844-March 1845)
  • "Donelson will have the honor of this important deed" (March 1845-July 1845)
  • The fruits of annexation (July 1845-February 1848)
  • Marztage (February 1848-November 1849)
  • "If A.J. Donelson does not please the Democratic Party, who can ...?" (December 1849-December 1851)
  • An obstacle to harmony (December 1851-May 1855)
  • Fillmore and Donelson! (June 1855-November 1856)
  • Bitter twilight (November 1856-June 1871)
  • Epilogue: the family and the legacy.

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