Reviews for Who let muddy boots into the White House?

The average rating for Who let muddy boots into the White House? based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-08-05 00:00:00 Christine Marini Well done biography that shows the varied sides of Jackson. I learned some new things, like the fact that he adopted an orphaned Indian child (in fact, he adopted two Indian boys). Many would like to oversimplify this complex man. This book, even as a juvenile biography, shows that this is not the case.

Review # 2 was written on 2021-03-25 00:00:00 Kenneth Porath It will never fail to make me sad when very charming children’s book illustrations find themselves in a terribly inaccurate historical book. Given the date of publication (1986), I don’t expect to see any reference to either slavery of Indian Removal. HOWEVER. I expect them to get other details right. Jackson had a status quo education until the age of 13 when he joined the American Army. He did not adopt any children except for his nephew, Andrew Jackson Junior. Alfred Jackson was enslaved, not a family member. Many other children—over twenty others—were raised at The Hermitage including three Creek Children: Lyncoya, Charlie and Theodore. Many other examples of inaccurate liberties taken here. And I am a Jackson scholar, so I know what resources the author had access to during the late 1980s!