Andrew Jackson: Old Hickory in Christian America

Although Andrew Jackson gained notoriety as a rakish young man, religion's influence on him ebbed and flowed as he established himself as part of the South's planter elite. With his devout wife, Rachel, he attended church and knew his Bible and religious subjects well, and while his determination to preserve his reputation involved him in numerous personal conflicts-including a duel that led to his killing a rival-he blended the principles of the antebellum South's honor-based culture with ...