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Driven West: Andrew Jackson and the Trail of Tears to the Civil War
by Langguth, A. J. | HC | Good
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- ISBN
- 1416548599
- Book Title
- Driven West : Andrew Jackson and the Trail of Tears to the Civil War
- Item Length
- 9.2in
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Publication Year
- 2010
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.4in
- Genre
- History
- Topic
- United States / 19th Century, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), United States / General
- Item Width
- 6.2in
- Item Weight
- 24 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 480 Pages
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By the acclaimed author of the classic Patriots and Union 1812, this major work of narrative history portrays four of the most turbulent decades in the growth of the American nation. After the War of 1812, President Andrew Jackson and his successors led the country to its manifest destiny across the continent. But that expansion unleashed new regional hostilities that led inexorably to Civil War. The earliest victims were the Cherokees and other tribes of the southeast who had lived and prospered for centuries on land that became Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia. Jackson, who had first gained fame as an Indian fighter, decreed that the Cherokees be forcibly removed from their rich cotton fields to make way for an exploding white population. His policy set off angry debates in Congress and protests from such celebrated Northern writers as Ralph Waldo Emerson. Southern slave owners saw that defense of the Cherokees as linked to a growing abolitionist movement. They understood that the protests would not end with protecting a few Indian tribes. Langguth tells the dramatic story of the desperate fate of the Cherokees as they were driven out of Georgia at bayonet point by U.S. Army forces led by General Winfield Scott. At the center of the story are the American statesmen of the day--Henry Clay, John Quincy Adams, John C. Calhoun--and those Cherokee leaders who tried to save their people--Major Ridge, John Ridge, Elias Boudinot, and John Ross. Driven West presents wrenching firsthand accounts of the forced march across the Mississippi along a path of misery and death that the Cherokees called the Trail of Tears. Survivors reached the distant Oklahoma territory that Jackson had marked out for them, only to find that the bloodiest days of their ordeal still awaited them. In time, the fierce national collision set off by Jackson's Indian policy would encompass the Mexican War, the bloody frontier wars over the expansion of slavery, the doctrines of nullification and secession, and, finally, the Civil War itself. In his masterly narrative of this saga, Langguth captures the idealism and betrayals of headstrong leaders as they steered a raw and vibrant nation in the rush to its destiny.
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
1416548599
ISBN-13
9781416548591
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Product Key Features
Book Title
Driven West : Andrew Jackson and the Trail of Tears to the Civil War
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
United States / 19th Century, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), United States / General
Publication Year
2010
Genre
History
Number of Pages
480 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
1.4in
Item Width
6.2in
Item Weight
24 Oz
Additional Product Features
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E338.L36 2011
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Advance Praise for DRIVEN WEST "A.J. Langguth's Driven West is American history at its absolute finest.The sad legacy of Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal policy is expertly re-examined with literary verve and deep scholarship.Langguth is a master of the narrative history.Highly recommended!" --Douglas Brinkley, author of The Wilderness Warrior, A fast-paced, lively narrative history of American politics from the 1820s to the Civil War. . . captures the dark drama of Indian removal. . . Driven West delivers a timely reminder that we will-and should-be judged by how we treat "the least among us." - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Praise for Union 1812 "The vivid retelling of the story of a war that still has everything to do with who we are and how we got this way." --Jon Meacham, Los Angeles Times Book Review, Praise forPatriots"History as it should be written-with illuminating insight into character, a sweeping narration of events, and a splendid eye for detail."--Doris Kearns Goodwin, author ofTeam of Rivals, Praise forUnion 1812"The vivid retelling of the story of a war that still has everything to do with who we are and how we got this way."--Jon Meacham,Los Angeles Times Book Review, "Jack Langguth has adopted a distinctive and hugely satisfying approach in recounting the fate of the Cherokee Indians, crushed by the exuberance of Manifest Destiny in the three decades from Jackson to Lincoln. In weaving the Cherokee story into the broader tapestry of American politics of that time, he renders a dramatic pictorial filled with powerful and sad figures, the clash of cultural impulse, and the force of human tragedy. The story is heart-breaking, as history so often is."--Robert Merry, author ofA Country of Vast Designs, "A fast-paced, lively narrative history of American politics from the 1820s to the Civil War. . . captures the dark drama of Indian removal. . . Driven West delivers a timely reminder that we will-and should-be judged by how we treat "the least among us." - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Advance Praise for DRIVEN WEST "A.J. Langguth's Driven West is American history at its absolute finest. The sad legacy of Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal policy is expertly re-examined with literary verve and deep scholarship. Langguth is a master of the narrative history. Highly recommended!" --Douglas Brinkley, author of The Wilderness Warrior, Advance Praise forDRIVEN WEST"A.J. Langguth'sDriven Westis American history at its absolute finest. The sad legacy of Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal policy is expertly re-examined with literary verve and deep scholarship. Langguth is a master of the narrative history. Highly recommended!"--Douglas Brinkley, author ofThe Wilderness Warrior, "Jack Langguth has adopted a distinctive and hugely satisfying approach in recounting the fate of the Cherokee Indians, crushed by the exuberance of Manifest Destiny in the three decades from Jackson to Lincoln. In weaving the Cherokee story into the broader tapestry of American politics of that time, he renders a dramatic pictorial filled with powerful and sad figures, the clash of cultural impulse, and the force of human tragedy. The story is heart-breaking, as history so often is." --Robert Merry, author of A Country of Vast Designs, Praise for Union 1812 "The vivid retelling of the story of a war that still has everything to do with who we are and how we got this way." --Jon Meacham, Los Angeles Times Book Review, Praise for Patriots "History as it should be written--with illuminating insight into character, a sweeping narration of events, and a splendid eye for detail." --Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of Team of Rivals, Praise for Patriots "History as it should be written--with illuminating insight into character, a sweeping narration of events, and a splendid eye for detail." --Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of Team of Rivals, "Jack Langguth has adopted a distinctive and hugely satisfying approach in recounting the fate of the Cherokee Indians, crushed by the exuberance of Manifest Destiny in the three decades from Jackson to Lincoln. In weaving the Cherokee story into the broader tapestry of American politics of that time, he renders a dramatic pictorial filled with powerful and sad figures, the clash of cultural impulse, and the force of human tragedy. The story is heart-breaking, as history so often is." --Robert Merry, author of A Country of Vast Designs, Praise for Patriots "History as it should be written-with illuminating insight into character, a sweeping narration of events, and a splendid eye for detail." --Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of Team of Rivals, Advance Praise for DRIVEN WEST "A.J. Langguth's Driven West is American history at its absolute finest. The sad legacy of Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal policy is expertly re-examined with literary verve and deep scholarship. Langguth is a master of the narrative history. Highly recommended!" --Douglas Brinkley, author of The Wilderness Warrior, "Jack Langguth has adopted a distinctive and hugely satisfying approach in recounting the fate of the Cherokee Indians, crushed by the exuberance of Manifest Destiny in the three decades from Jackson to Lincoln. In weaving the Cherokee story into the broader tapestry of Americanpolitics of that time, he renders a dramatic pictorial filled with powerful and sad figures, the clash of cultural impulse, and the force of human tragedy. The story is heart-breaking, as history so often is." --Robert Merry, author of A Country of Vast Designs
Copyright Date
2011
Lccn
2010-020455
Dewey Decimal
973.5/6
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
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