Three men of destiny

Kennedy, Billy. (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9781932307962
ISBN: 1932307966
Physical Description: print
199 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Greenville, SC : Ambassador International, [2008]
Copyright: ©2008

Content descriptions

General Note:

Donated by Albert N. Dale III

Formatted Contents Note:

Foreword from America -- Foreword from Northern Ireland -- Scots-Irish archetypes of the first United States century -- Northern Ireland -- 1 A common heritage which bonded jackson, houston and crockett -- 2 Ulster connection: Andrew Jackson -- 3 Roots of Carrickfergus - home to the Jacksons -- 4 Ulster connection - Sam Houston -- 5 Ulster connection - David Crockett -- 6 Jackson Chronology: Time Line -- 7 Andrew Jackson - the early years in the Carolinas -- 8 Andrew Jackson - move to the Tennessee Territory -- 9 Andrew Jackson - his role as a politician and a statesman -- 10 Andrew Jackson - his personal faith -- 11 Andrew Jackson legacy -- 12 Final hours of Andrew Jackson -- 13 Rachel (Donelson) Jackson - frontierswoman and President's wife -- 14 Elizabeth (Hutchinson) Jackson - devoted mother of a President -- 15 How Andrew Jackson is viewed at The Hermitage today -- 16 Jacks and the Jacksons -- 17 Houston Chronology: Time Line -- 18 Sam Houston - the early years in Virginia and Tennessee -- 19 Sam Houston - in the line of fire -- 20 Sam Houston - on the Texas trail -- 21 Sam Houston`s Presidential aspirations -- 22 Sam Houston - a second marriage and the final years -- 23 Legacy of Sam Houston -- 24 Elizabeth (Paxton) Houston - mother of an American luminary -- 25 Crockett Chronology: Time Line -- 26 David Crockett - the early years -- 27 David Crockett - on the move in Tennessee -- 28 David Crockett - public representative in Tennessee and at Washington -- 29 David Crockett - the trail to Texas, and The Alamo -- 30 David Crockett - his last letter home -- 31 A daughter's recollection of a father -- 32 David Crockett - the absorbing storyteller, raconteur and musician -- 33 Mary Polly Finaly (Finley) - wife to David Crockett -- 34 Legacy of David Crockett -- 35 Roll of Honour at The Alamo -- 36 "Big Foot" Wallace and his Texas conquests -- 37 Origins of the Scots-Irish -- 38 Raw courage of a proud people -- 39 Other Scots-Irish Presidents -- 40 Scots-Irish signers of the American Declaration of Independence -- 41 Another Ulster Jackson of acclaim in America -- 42 A celebrated American's view of the Scots-Irish.