Pt. 1: the border captain -- The garden of the Waxhaws -- An officer's boots -- Dice and bear's oil -- The Mero district -- Tidings from Harrodsburgh -- Robes of Justice -- "Truxton" against "Ploughboy" -- A long spoon -- Old Hickory -- Red Eagle -- Storm clouds -- "Push on the troops" -- The escape of Gabriel Villeré -- The mud rampart of Rodriquez Canal -- The silvery carpet -- "The United States versus Andrew Jackson" -- A changing world -- The Florida adventure -- General Jackson calls on Colonel Callava -- The border captain -- Pt. 2: portrait of a president -- The Nashville Junto -- A grass hat -- The canvass -- The election -- The bargain -- A preoccupied Cincinnatus -- End of flight -- The haggard hero -- Emergence of a quiet statesman -- Throb of a distant drum -- A Greek temple in Chestnut Street -- Martin Van Buren's masterpiece -- Mr. Biddle's dilemma -- A sword against disunion -- "A knightly personage" -- Mr. Biddle's biggest gamble -- Doom of the bank -- The etiquette of collecting twenty-five million francs -- The prairie rose -- The scepter passes -- Shadows on the hermitage -- A taper burning low -- Last leave.