MURFREESBORO — A
historical account that scrutinizes the life of Andrew Jackson from a Southern
perspective is the topic on the next edition of the “MTSU On the Record” radio
program.
Host Gina Logue’s interview with Dr. Mark Cheathem, author
of “Andrew Jackson, Southerner,” will air from 5:30 to 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 27,
and from 8 to 8:30 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 2, on WMOT-FM (89.5 and www.wmot.org).
Cheathem, an MTSU alumnus and associate professor of history
at Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tenn., looks at the seventh president of
the United States much as he saw himself, as an elite gentleman planter who
held to concepts of chivalry and honor consistent with Old South values.
‘I think he’s shaped by his background, but he also shaped
the South,” said Cheathem. “To me the clearest example of that is his expansion
of manifest destiny into the Southeast. By removing Native American tribes, he
creates a regional vacuum, a land vacuum in the South that becomes the cradle
of the cotton kingdom.”
To listen to previous “MTSU On the Record” programs, go to
the “Audio Clips” archives at http://www.mtsunews.com.
For more information, contact Logue at 615-898-5081 or
WMOT-FM at 615-898-2800.
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