William Garrott Brown 
Andrew Jackson 

Written for the Houghton Mifflin Riverside Biographical Series by William Garrott Brown, Andrew Jackson is an admiring retelling of the life of the 7th President of the United States. Covering the duels, wars, accidental marriage to an already married woman, and the presidency, Andrew Jackson is an engaging short biography of one of the nation’s most popular and controversial presidents.

A propos de l’auteur

William Garrott Brown (1868-1913) was a historian and essayist best known for his essay collection titled The Lower South in American History, and also for his short biographies of Stephen Douglas and Andrew Jackson. Born the youngest of eight children in Alabama in 1868, Brown entered Harvard University in 1889 and received a master’s degree in history in 1892. While serving as Deputy Keeper of University Records and as a lecturer in the History Department, Brown produced seven books from 1900-1905. Plagued by ill health, he died of complications from tuberculosis in 1913.