@article{1405304, author = {Byrd, Max.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1405304}, title = {Jackson : a novel /}, publisher = {Bantam Books,}, abstract = {In 1828, a writer is hired to do a hatchet job on President Jackson, preparing to fight his second election. The opposition wants David Chase to write a biography that will cover the president in mud. Chase finds lots of mud--duels, adultery--but the more he rakes the more he likes this man. Now he must decide what sort of biography to write. A hack writer's dilemma. By the author of Jefferson.}, recid = {1405304}, pages = {421 pages ;}, address = {New York :}, year = {1997}, }