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Hardcover, bound in genuine brown leather. Brand new copy still in factory shrink-wrap. xiv, 412 pages. Illustrated with 17 unnumbered pages of plates. A quality Easton Press production with all the refinements that go to make this a truly fine binding: bound in satin ribbon marker, all edges gilt, raised spine, 22kt gold stamping, smyth-sewn binding, acid free archival paper and full genuine leather binding. Collector’s Edition with Notes and unused Easton Press book-plate laid-in loose; a title in “The Library of the Presidents” series. This Easton Press reprint is an abridgment of the author’s three volume biography. An important contribution to the scholarship on Jackson, Remini is often criticized to glossing over or excusing some the Jacksons more biased positions and policies. Still, his facile narrative style manages to retain all the crucial details of Jackson’s life while providing the reader with a clear understanding of his major accomplishments: the strengthening of the executive branch, the championing of the ‘common man’ and his expansion of democracy by getting more of the populace to participate in the political process. A new and pristine gift quality copy.