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Andrew Jackson Donelson : Jacksonian and unionist
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- Creator
- Richard Douglas Spence
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, [2017]
- Physical Details
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- xii, 435 pages ; 27 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780826521637, 0826521630, 9780826521651
- OCLC
- ocn958585917
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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