Summary Of Jacksonland By Steve Inskeep

Jacksonland by Steve Inskeep is an interesting book that describes the lives of President Andrew Jackson and the Cherokee leader John Ross. It describes the connections between their lives and the demise of their relationship from fighting together to fighting each other. It uses historical accounts and letters to help describe what life was like during the rough times that unfolded during the early 1800s. Not only does Inskeep describe what makes these two men famous, but he also describes their lives before fame. This includes the actions that resulted in them becoming famous. Through reading this book, I was given an insight into what kind of man that our seventh president was, and I feel that Steve Inskeep does a tremendous job at achieving this feeling. He includes information about the two men's friends to help back up this information. Overall, I feel as though it was a very well written book.

He is not biased while he describes the good and the bad of both men, and he represents his facts well. Going as far as to find actual letters written by the friends and colleagues of the two men. I have not seen many books that go to as great lengths to achieve complete historical accuracy while describing a figure from history. For example, I had not known that Andrew Jackson and his friends were real estate moguls that traded in conquered lands. They did so even when the lands did not even belong to the people they had conquered. John Ross also uses his time in the military to benefit himself. He really learns to behave more like a white man than a Native American, and he uses this to obtain a high ranking position among the Cherokee people. He then uses this position of authority to help stop Jackson and his land grabbing colleagues. All of these were facts that I had never heard of until