Spotlight | “Andrew Jackson and the Young in Heart”

Inauguration 1829


When Andrew Jackson, newly elected as the seventh president of the United States, moved on horseback from his Nashville home, the Hermitage, to the White House in Washington, it was with an immense sense of loneliness, following the recent death of his beloved wife, Rachel. But the situation changed for the better when he invited young people, who themselves were facing sorrow and failure, to join him there and take up activities that would revive their spirits as well as those of the president and the nation. In Andrew Jackson and the Young in Heart, a newly released novel based on historical fact, author Wilbur Cross offers a unique glimpse into the softer side of “Old Hickory” and the romantic spirit of President Andrew Jackson.

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Ageless are those who still suppose
The rain brings petals to the rose,
Who tolerate the winter’s fling
Knowing it will soon be spring;
Who see in dreams some lesson learned
And not dark signs of passion spurned.
What prompted them to be so clever?
They are the Young in Heart forever.
– Annie-Belle Donelson