The Story of Andrew Jackson for Young Readers

Originally published in 1898 as part of the author’s larger “Four American Patriots,” this Kindle edition, equivalent in length to a physical book of approximately 60 pages, recounts, in simple language for young readers, the story of “Old Hickory,” who fought in the War of 1812 and became the seventh President of the United States.

CONTENTS
I. Birth
II. Boyhood
III. The Young Prisoner of War
IV. The Lawyer
V. The District Attorney
VI. The Congressman
VII. Storekeeper, Judge, and Planter
VIII. “Old Hickory”
IX. The Creek War
X. The Battle of New Orleans
XI. Governor of Florida
XII. The Hermitage
XIII. President of the United States
XIV. Death at the Hermitage

SAMPLE PASSAGE:
The members of Congress from the South gave a great banquet, to which they invited President Jackson. He heard some of the guests say that if Congress would not change the tariff law, the states that did not like the law might withdraw from the Union. What did that mean? Jackson knew very well that it meant that our country should be divided into many little republics instead of being one great republic, as George Washington and others had intended when they signed the Constitution of the United States.

When the time came to make speeches, the President rose to offer a toast. All leaned eagerly forward. They thought he would say something against the tariff. But the Man of the Iron Will looked down the long lines of brilliant men and exclaimed: “Our Federal Union, it must be preserved!” These words caused much dismay among the guests. They saw that the President would oppose any attempt to secede from the Union.

About the Author:
Alma Holman Burton was the author of numerous books on history for young readers, including “The Story of Our Country,” “The Builders of Our Nation,” and “The Story of the Indians of New England.”