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Historical person
Andrew Johnson is represented in the linked historical fiction through empire, conquest and resistance, social change and the pressures of ordinary life, and political ambition and government. These works approach the figure through the surrounding events, relationships and political conflicts rather than through a standalone biography.
John Jakes’s Heaven and Hell places Andrew Johnson within a narrative shaped by empire, conquest and resistance, social change and the pressures of ordinary life, and political ambition and government.
Series
The North and South Trilogy follows the Mains of South Carolina and the Hazards of Pennsylvania, two families joined when Orry Main and George Hazard become friends at West Point. Their bond survives the Mexican–American War and years of sectional conflict, but slavery, secession and family pressure place…
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