Young Andrew Jackson in the Carolinas
Subtitle: a revolutionary boy
By: Jennifer Hunsicker ; illustrations by Teresa Wiles
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Charleston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9781626193598
Subjects: Juvenile literature; Childhood and youth; History; Campaigns; Messengers; Biography; Prisoners of war; Presidents
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Who was Andrew Jackson?; title: Andy's parents journey to America; title: The Waxhaws; title: Birth of a future president; title: Murder!; title: A wedding and a wake; title: Political unrest in the colonies; title: Early education; title: Daily life; title: The Revolution finds the backcountry; title: First Battle of Charleston : June 28, 1776; title: The Battle of Stono Ferry : June 20, 1779; title: Second Battle of Charleston : April 1-May 12, 1780; title: A Waxhaw battlefield and its aftermath; title: The Battle of the Waxhaws and Buford's defeat : May 29, 1780; title: Andy first witnesses battle; title: The Battle of Williamson's Plantation (Huck's defeat) : July 12, 1780; title: The Battle of Rocky Mount : August 1, 1780; title: The Battle of Hanging Rock : August 6, 1780; title: Down the road; title: The Battle of Camden : August 16, 1780; title: The Battle of Fishing Creek : August 18, 1780; title: John Sevier and the Overmountain Men; title: The Battle of King's Mountain : October 7, 1780; title: Nearing the end; title: The Battle of Cowpens : January 17, 1781; title: The Battle of Guilford Courthouse : March 15, 1781; title: Prisoner of war; title: The Battle of Hobkirk's Hill : April 25, 1781; title: All alone in the world; title: Crawford's public station; title: End of the war; title: Career decisions; title: Lawyer Jackson; title: Onward and westward; title: Glossary.