In the years following the War of 1812, Battle of New Orleans hero General Andrew Jackson became a power unto himself. He had earlier gained national acclaim and a military promotion upon successfully leading the West Tennessee militia in the Creek War of 1813--1814, Jackson furthered his fame in the First Seminole War in 1818, which led to his invasion of Spanish West Florida without presidential or congressional authorization and to the execution of two British subjects. In Old Hickory's War, David and Jeanne Heidler ...
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In the years following the War of 1812, Battle of New Orleans hero General Andrew Jackson became a power unto himself. He had earlier gained national acclaim and a military promotion upon successfully leading the West Tennessee militia in the Creek War of 1813--1814, Jackson furthered his fame in the First Seminole War in 1818, which led to his invasion of Spanish West Florida without presidential or congressional authorization and to the execution of two British subjects. In Old Hickory's War, David and Jeanne Heidler present an iconoclastic interpretation of the political, military, and ethnic complexities of Jackson's involvement in those two historic episodes. Their exciting narrative shows how the general's unpredictable behavior and determination to achieve his goals, combined with a timid administration headed by James Monroe, brought the United States to the brink of an international crisis in 1818 and sparked the longest congressional debate of the period.
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Old Hickory's War is a good overview of Andrew Jackson's involvement in the Creek War during the War of 1812 and the invasion of Florida in 1818. The book capably develops the following themes: Native American/white conflict on the frontier in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida; Jackson's obsession with removing Native American, British, and Spanish influences on the southern frontier; the crumbling of the Spanish empire in the Americas; the constitutional ramifications of Jackson's actions in Florida; and Andrew Jackson's popularity with the American people. The book also looks at the conflict over the Negro Fort and the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819. Though the writing style does not flow as smoothly as other history books I have read, this is a thoroughly documented and skillfully researched volume portraying Andrew Jackson and course of American empire in the early nineteenth century.
