The Story of Andrew Jackson

Young Andy Jackson didn't imagine—as he read the news of the Declaration of Independence of the American colonies to his family and neighbors in South Carolina—that some day he would be President of the new nation. It would have been difficult for his family and friends to imagine it either, for Andy was a wild fun-loving boy who was always getting into scrapes and preferred copying the rules for how to train a fighting cock to translating Latin exercises. As it was, Andy did not have much time