Waking Giant: America in the Age of Jackson

A New York Times Notable Book

“Far more than just a political story or, for that matter, a story of Andrew Jackson, Reynolds’s book shines a bright light on the cultural, social, intellectual, and artistic currents buffeting the nation. . . . Reynolds is a thoughtful historian and Waking Giant is as engaging and insightful a narrative of this critical interregnum as any written in years.”—New York Times Book Review

A brilliant, definitive history of America’s vibrant and tumultuous rise duri...