Andrew Jackson: Young Patriot

by George E. Stanley

Dear
The Childhood of Famous Americans series, seventy years old in 2002, chronicles the early years of famous American men and women in an accessible manner. Each book is faithful in spirit to the values and experiences that influenced the person's development. History is fleshed out with fictionalized details, and conversations have been added to make the stories come alive to today's reader, but every reasonable effort has been made to make the stories consistent with the events, ethics, and character of their subjects.
These books reaffirm the importance of our American heritage. We hope you learn to love the heroes and heroines who helped shape this great country. And by doing so, we hope you also develop a lasting love for the nation that gave them the opportunity to make their dreams come true. It will do the same for you.
Happy Reading!
The Editors

Genres: History, Childrens, Biography

276 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 1, 2003

About the author

George Edward Stanley was born in Memphis, Texas on July 15, 1942. He received a bachelor's degree in 1965 and a master's degree in 1967 from Texas Tech University. He earned his Doctor Litterarum in African Linguistics in 1974 from the University of Port Elizabeth in South Africa. He lived all over Europe and Africa, studying and teaching foreign languages, working for the U.S. government, and writing books for young people and adults. He started writing fiction while a Fulbright professor in Chad, Central Africa, where about the only diversion he found available was listening to the BBC on his short wave radio. That led to his writing radio plays for a program called World Service Short Story. Three of his plays were eventually produced. After writing and publishing over 200 short stories in American, British, Irish, and South African magazines and linguistics articles in major international journals, he started writing books. He wrote over 100 fiction and non-fiction books for young people including The Katie Lynn Cookie Company series and the Adam Sharp series. He also wrote under the pseudonyms of M. T. Coffin, Franklin W. Dixon, Laura Lee Hope, Carolyn Keene, Adam Mills, and Stuart Symons. He was a professor of African and Middle-Eastern languages and linguistics in the department of foreign languages at Cameron University. He died from a ruptured aneurysm on February 7, 2011 at the age of 68.

Reviews

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[William Shep · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the one of the best of the childhood of famous Americans series, partly because Jackson had a very exciting childhood. A great book to read to your children if you want to try to bring some of America's past heroes alive, as their memory is fading fast as they are largely being ignored in public school classes.

[Aden · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty accurate biography, but a few mistakes.

[Deanna Sutter · Rating 3 out of 5]

The kids really enjoyed this book. They didn't want me to stop each day. We all learned a lot. I enjoyed the writer's straight forward treatment of this controversial president.

[Charlotte · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really liked this book and I've never known so much about Andrew Jackson. People in the past seem to have done a lot of things we can't even comprehend.

[Peter · Rating 5 out of 5]

its ok but yeah it was awesome

[Caleb · Rating 4 out of 5]

I Liked it

[Nathaniel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked it. He was captured by the British.