{"product_id":"waking-giant-david-s-reynolds-9780060826574","title":"Waking Giant: America in the Age of Jackson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003eNotable Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Far more than just a political story or, for that matter, a story of Andrew Jackson, Reynolds's book shines a bright light on the cultural, social, intellectual, and artistic currents buffeting the nation. . . . Reynolds is a thoughtful historian and \u003cem\u003eWaking Giant\u003c\/em\u003e is as engaging and insightful a narrative of this critical interregnum as any written in years.\"--\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA brilliant, definitive history of America's vibrant and tumultuous rise during the Jacksonian era, from the Bancroft Prize-winning author of \u003cem\u003eWalt Whitman's America\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerica experienced unprecedented growth and turmoil in the years between 1815 and 1848. It was an age when Andrew Jackson redefined the presidency and James K. Polk expanded the nation's territory. Historian and literary critic David S. Reynolds captures the turbulence of a democracy caught in the throes of the controversy over slavery, the rise of capitalism, and the birth of urbanization. He brings to life the reformers, abolitionists, and temperance advocates who struggled to correct America's worst social ills, and he reveals the shocking phenomena that marked the age: violent mobs, P. T. Barnum's freaks, all-seeing mesmerists, polygamous prophets, and rabble-rousing feminists. Meticulously researched and masterfully written, \u003cem\u003eWaking Giant\u003c\/em\u003e is a brilliant chronicle of America's vibrant and tumultuous rise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David S. Reynolds\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0060826576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060826574\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/29\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.28w x 1.15d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2009 pg. 28","brand":"David S. Reynolds","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995476558079,"sku":"9780060826574","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8f5260c1-e76e-437c-93fb-89d805250aa5.jpg?v=1683336032","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/waking-giant-david-s-reynolds-9780060826574","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}