the life of andrew jackson by robert v remini

The dissertation eventually turned into his first book, Martin Van Buren and the Making of the Democratic Party (1959). Hofstadter suggested that he write his dissertation on Martin Van Buren. At Columbia, he studied under historian Richard Hofstadter. from Columbia University in 1947 and his PhD from Columbia in 1951. Kuhner, whom he had met in kindergarten, in 1948 and they had three children: Elizabeth Nielson, Joan Costello, and Robert W. 'You will starve.'' Remini married Ruth T. Right then I realized that by God, it was history I loved, not law.' 'When I told my parents, they were shocked,' Remini recalled. under Jefferson and Madison,' he told the Chicago Tribune.

'I remember we docked at Boston and I went to the library and took out all nine volumes of Henry Adams' history of the U.S. His reading of history while in the Navy caused him to want to be a historian. He then enlisted in the United States Navy and was involved in anti-submarine warfare during World War II. He explained that this was 'not because was intrigued by the law, but because it seemed like a worthy profession then for a child of the Great Depression.' Remini received his B.S. Remini recalled that his original plan in life was to become a lawyer. His father worked as a credit manager for a coal company. His parents were William Remini and Loretta Tiernay Remini, and he was the elder brother of William and Vincent Remini. Robert Vincent Remini was born on July 17, 1921, in New York City.

He served as Historian of the United States House of Representatives from 2005 until 2010 and wrote a history of the House, which was published in 2006. Remini also wrote biographies of other early 19th century Americans, namely Martin Van Buren, Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, John Quincy Adams, and Joseph Smith. His books portrayed Jackson in a mostly favorable light and he was sometimes criticized for being too partial towards his subject. Remini was widely praised for his meticulous research on Jackson and thorough knowledge of him. For the third volume of Andrew Jackson, subtitled The Course of American Democracy, 1833-1845, he won the 1984 U.S.

He wrote numerous books about President Andrew Jackson and the Jacksonian era, most notably a three-volume biography of Jackson.

Robert Vincent Remini (J– March 28, 2013) was an American historian and a professor emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

The life of andrew jackson by robert v remini