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The Petticoat Affair: Manners, Mutiny, and Sex in Andrew Jackson's White House Paperback – October 1, 2000

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In The Petticoat Affair, prize-winning historian John F. Marszalek offers the first in--depth investigation of the earliest -- and perhaps greatest -- political sex scandal in American history. During Andrew Jackson's first term in office, Margaret Eaton, the wife of Secretary of State John Henry Eaton, was branded a "loose woman" for her unconventional public life. The brash, outgoing, and beautiful daughter of a Washington innkeeper, Margaret had socialized with her father's guests and married Eaton very soon after the death of her first husband, shocking genteel society. Jackson saw attacks on Eaton as part of a conspiracy to topple his administration, and his strong defense of her character dominated the first two years of his term, and led to the resignation of his entire cabinet.

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  6. ISBN-10
    0807126349
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    978-0807126349
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John F. Marszalek is professor of history at Mississippi State University and the author of Court Martial: A Black Man in America and Sherman: A Soldier's Passion for Order.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ LSU Press; Louisiana Paperback edition (October 1, 2000)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 312 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0807126349
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0807126349
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.14 x 0.7 x 9.21 inches
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  • william conroy
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating account of Andrew Jackson's cabinet crisis caused by Peggy ...
    Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2018
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    Fascinating account of Andrew Jackson's cabinet crisis caused by Peggy Eaton. She was a barmaid before marrying John Eaton, a cabinet minister. Wives of other ministers would not accept the bar maid so Jackson made them all resign. She was later first lady of Florida territory and ran away with her daughter's young Italian dance teacher who then left Pggy penniless in NYC. What a drama!
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  • EllaMae
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book if you like reading about history
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    Excellent book if you like reading about history. It gave me a different perspective on Andrew Jackson and history at that time.
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  • Jane Ann
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good book
    Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2014
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    If you love (or even like) history you will enjoy this book. I was not familiar with Andrew Jackson's life and politics so the book and the characters were eye opening. Enjoyable read!
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  • Gaillard T. Hunt
    4.0 out of 5 stars Not really a matter of petticoats.
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    Marszalek has done impressive research and covers the Margaret Eaton episode thoroughly. An excellent work.
    Marszalek makes clear that the objection to Ms. Eaton was a puzzling combination of moral or social objection to her friendship with Eaton while she was still married to Timberlake and the political and social opposition to Jackson. The history of that opposition would not remember Margaret Eaton even in footnotes if Jackson had not made her a major focus of his time and energy for the first year or so of his administration. But he did, and she is rightly studied as a large factor in the divisions of that era.
    My one reservation: Marszalek cannot resist an occasional claim that the Margaret Eaton controversy sheds light on gender relations of that time and place. More accurate to say it obscures and confuses any understanding we might hope to have of gender relations. It is hard indeed to try to understand how much a married woman could be seen with a friend of her husband, or how society would react to a speedy remarriage after a husband's death, in that era or any other. The one case that got embroiled in a political and social revolution the size of the Jackson presidency is not likely to shed light on any such difficult questions.
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  • Abakereins
    5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Piece of Social History
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    Great look into the culture of Andrew Jackson's America via the scandal involving Margaret Eaton and the effect it had on Jackson's political allies.
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  • JimmyDS
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    The book was in excellent condition. I was very satisfied. Dr. Marszalek was one of my history professors at MS State & I enjoyed reading his take on the Eaton Affair.
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    This was a new story I hadn't read about before. Very compelling
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