A rare, fascinating personality emerges in Donald B. Cole's biography of Amos Kendall (1789-1869), the reputed intellectual engine behind Andrew Jackson's administration and an influential figure in the transformation of young America from an agrarian republic to a capitalist democracy.
The violence and radicalism connected with the Industrial Workers of the World textile strike of 1912 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, left the popular impression that Lawrence was a slum-ridden city inhabited by un-American revolutionaries. Immigrant City is a study of Lawrence which reveals that the city was far different.
The story of Andrew Jackson's eight-year Presidency of the United States. Elected by a broad coalition of interest groups, he battled constantly with opponents and supporters alike. Cole contends that Jackson symbolized the ambivalence of his fellow Americans at a decisive moment in their history.
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