Superb professional history that moves boldly beyond the scholars monograph to make the American past alive and exciting for the general reader. --Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. Remini] has produced a wonderful portrait, rich in detail, of a fascinating and important man and an authoritative . . . . account of his role in American History. --New York Times Book Review The classic one-volume abridgement of the definitive, three-volume, National Book Award-winning biography of Andrew Jackson from esteemed historian Robert V. Remini.