By the looks of it, not many have read/listened to this book...part of the great generals series. As the reader would expect, it covers the military part of Jackson's life. It begins with his volunteer service during the American Revolution, discusses the heroic and lucky (for him) battle of New Orleans that made him famous and ends with the "First" Seminole War in 1818. The latter annexed Florida to the growing US. The battle of New Orleans made him a "rockstar" and settled once and for all, US independence from England. Jackson is the main, and really only, character in the book; other float through. Not even his wife gets much play. Upon completion, the reader understands why Jackson was the next American hero, after Washington. ( )