Henry W. Elson
A Brief Biography of Andrew Jackson for Young Readers
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(A. J. Cornell Publications April 23, 2011)
Originally published in 1905 as a portion of the larger “Four Great American Presidents,” and equivalent in length to a physical book of approximately 70 pages, this Kindle edition describes, in simple language for young readers, the life of the seventh President of the United States, Andrew Jackson.
CONTENTS
I. Birth and Boyhood
II. Jackson in the Revolution
III. Journey to the Far West
IV. Wild Life in Tennessee
V. Jackson in Congress
VI. Jackson Becomes a Judge
VII. “Old Hickory”
VIII. Fighting Indians
IX. More Indian Fighting
X. A Major General
XI. Battle of New Orleans
XII. Echoes from the Battle
XIII. Jackson Becomes President
XIV. Jackson as President
XV. Jackson’s Old Age
SAMPLE PASSAGE:
General Jackson and his soldiers felt it their solemn duty to repel the English invaders of our land, and now the supreme moment had come. The general remembered how, thirty-five years before when only a boy, he had been captured by the English in the Revolutionary War, and a cruel officer had struck him with a sword, leaving a scar that he still bore. He remembered how that war had deprived him of his loving mother and his two brothers; and perhaps these memories made him the more anxious now to inflict a terrible blow upon the enemy.
He arose on this day at one o’clock in the morning and rode along his lines, rousing his men to their places of duty. Within a few hours everything was in readiness—the cannon mounted, and every man at his place.
About the Author:
Henry William Elson (1857-1935) was a professor of history at Ohio State University. Other works include “History of the United States of America” and “Side Lights on American History.”
CONTENTS
I. Birth and Boyhood
II. Jackson in the Revolution
III. Journey to the Far West
IV. Wild Life in Tennessee
V. Jackson in Congress
VI. Jackson Becomes a Judge
VII. “Old Hickory”
VIII. Fighting Indians
IX. More Indian Fighting
X. A Major General
XI. Battle of New Orleans
XII. Echoes from the Battle
XIII. Jackson Becomes President
XIV. Jackson as President
XV. Jackson’s Old Age
SAMPLE PASSAGE:
General Jackson and his soldiers felt it their solemn duty to repel the English invaders of our land, and now the supreme moment had come. The general remembered how, thirty-five years before when only a boy, he had been captured by the English in the Revolutionary War, and a cruel officer had struck him with a sword, leaving a scar that he still bore. He remembered how that war had deprived him of his loving mother and his two brothers; and perhaps these memories made him the more anxious now to inflict a terrible blow upon the enemy.
He arose on this day at one o’clock in the morning and rode along his lines, rousing his men to their places of duty. Within a few hours everything was in readiness—the cannon mounted, and every man at his place.
About the Author:
Henry William Elson (1857-1935) was a professor of history at Ohio State University. Other works include “History of the United States of America” and “Side Lights on American History.”
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