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The True Andrew Jackson

Cyrus Townsend Brady · 1906

A 1906 popular biography of Jackson by Cyrus Townsend Brady, written for general readers.

A popular biography retelling Jackson's life story for general readers.

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Cyrus Townsend Brady, The True Andrew Jackson, 1906. Digitized by the Internet Archive.

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What it is

This book, written in 1906 by Cyrus Townsend Brady, is a popular biography of Andrew Jackson intended for a general audience. It includes illustrations, among them a reproduction of Thomas Sully's original portrait of Jackson held by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

Why it matters

Published many decades after Jackson's death, the book shows how his story was retold for everyday readers in the early 20th century, shaping popular memory of his life as a frontiersman, soldier, and president.

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  • Why might an author choose to call his book "the true" Andrew Jackson?
  • How does a biography written for a general audience differ from a scholarly history?
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