Jacksonland: President Andrew Jackson, Chief John Ross, and a great American land grab

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Inskeep, Steve

Inskeep, Steve

Holly Springs Community
Middle Creek Community
North Regional
Northeast Regional
Oberlin Regional

Adult Non-Fiction

Holly Springs Community - Adult Non-Fiction
Middlecreek Community - Adult Non-Fiction
North Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
Northeast Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
Oberlin Regional - Adult Non-Fiction

Five decades after the Revolutionary War, the United States approached a constitutional crisis. At its center stood two former military comrades locked in a struggle that tested the boundaries of our fledgling democracy. One man we recognize: Andrew Jackson--war hero, populist, and exemplar of the expanding South--whose first major initiative as President instigated the massive expulsion of Native Americans known as the Trail of Tears. The other is a half-forgotten figure: John Ross--a mixed-race Cherokee politician and diplomat--who used the United States' own legal system and democratic ideals to oppose Jackson. Representing one of the Five Civilized Tribes who had adopted the ways of white settlers--cultivating farms, publishing a newspaper in their own language, and sending children to school--Ross championed the tribes' cause all the way to the Supreme Court. He gained allies like Senator Henry Clay, Chief Justice John Marshall, and even Davy Crockett. In a fight that seems at once distant and familiar, Ross and his allies made their case in the media, committed civil disobedience, and benefited from the first mass political action by American women. At stake in this struggle was the land of the Five Civilized Tribes. In shocking detail, Jacksonland reveals how Jackson, as a general, extracted immense wealth from his own armies' conquest of native lands. Later, as president, Jackson set in motion the seizure of tens of millions of acres in today's Deep South. This is the story of America at a moment of transition, when the fate of states and nations was decided by the actions of two heroic yet tragically opposed men.--From publisher description.

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71e29f14-291c-0cb3-6be3-fe9380ff96af

9781594205569

2025-07-03T09:13:16.516Z

1180

Non Fiction

Non Fiction

973.5 INSKE

Wake County Public Libraries

Holly Springs Community
Middle Creek Community
North Regional
Northeast Regional
Oberlin Regional

9781594205569

2015

Penguin Press

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Cherokee Indians -- History -- 19th century
Indians of North America -- History -- 19th century
Jackson, Andrew, -- 1767-1845 -- Relations with Cherokee Indians
Ross, John, -- 1790-1866
United States -- Politics and government -- 1812-1815
United States -- Politics and government -- 1815-1861

Jacksonland : President Andrew Jackson, Chief John Ross, and a great American land grab

Jacksonland : President Andrew Jackson, Chief John Ross, and a great American land grab / Steve Inskeep

Jacksonland

President Andrew Jackson, Chief John Ross, and a great American land grab

Cherokee Indians
History
Indians of North America
Jackson, Andrew
Politics and government
Relations with Cherokee Indians
Ross, John