Jacksonland
Subtitle: President Andrew Jackson, Cherokee Chief John Ross, and a great American land grab
By: Steve Inskeep
Publisher: Penguin Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 421
ISBN-13: 9781594205569
Subjects: Politics and government; Five Civilized Tribes; Relations with Cherokee Indians; Indians of North America; Government relations; Cherokee Indians; History
Other titles: President Andrew Jackson, Cherokee Chief John Ross, and a great American land grab
Description: Five decades after the Revolutionary War, the United States faced a constitutional crisis. At its center stood two men, former military comrades locked in a struggle that tested the boundaries of democracy. Harrowing, inspiring, and deeply moving, Inskeep's Jacksonland 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.

Contains primary source material.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [355]-406) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Indian map and the White man's map; title: Horseshoe, 1814. Every thing is to be feared ; Urge on all those Cherokees ; Stamping his foot for war ; It was dark before we finished killing them; title: Origins, 1767-1814. Send a few late newspapers by the bearer ; I am fond of hearing that there is a peace ; Every thing that was dear to me; title: Old Hickory, 1815-1818. Address their fears and indulge their avarice ; Men of cultivated understandings ; Let me see you as I pass; title: Young prince, 1820-1828. This unexpected weapon of defence ; Ominous of other events ; The taverns were unknown to us; title: Interlude. Hero's progress, 1824-1825. Liberty, equality, and true social order ; Clay is politically damd ; We wish to know whether you could protect us; title: Inaugurations, 1828-1829. We are politically your friends and brethren ; This is a straight and good talk ; The blazing light of the nineteenth century; title: State of the Union, 1829-1830. They have been led to look upon us as unjust ; The expediency of setting fire ; Sway the empire of affection; title: Checks and balances, 1830-1832. Legislative ; Judicial ; Executive; title: Democracy in America, 1833 -1835. The purest love of formalities ; I have the right to address you ; We are yet your friends ; Should they be satisfied with the character of that country; title: Tears, 1835-1838. Five millions of dollars ; The War Department does not understand these people ; Perchance, you may have heard that the Cherokees are in trouble ; The thunder often sounding in the distance.