Original copies of the first, 1817, edition of this work are so rare that even the Library of Congress does not have an undamaged copy. Consequently scholars and students of Jackson have had to rely on later, incomplete or bowdlerized editions. It is therefore all the more valuable to have Owsley s critical restoration of the original edition, complete with its useful maps.The work is a straightforward history of Jackson s military career, begun by John Reid, Jackson s military aide throughout the War of 1812 and the ensuing Creek War. Reid wrote the first four chapters, and after his death...