National Public Radio host to discuss Andrew Jackson at May 28 Book Rap

Steve Inskeep, co-host of NPR's Morning Edition, will discuss and sign copies of his new book “Jacksonland: President Andrew Jackson, Cherokee Chief John Ross, and a Great American Land Grab” at a May 28 Book Rap scheduled from 6:30-8:00 p.m. in the conference rooms.

Tickets are $5 for Club members and $10 for the general public. Register at http://www.press.org/events/inskeep.

Jacksonland tells the history of President Andrew Jackson's long-running conflict with John Ross, a Cherokee chief who resisted the removal of Indians from the eastern United States in the 1830s.

Jackson's first major initiative as president instigated the massive expulsion of Native Americans known as the Trail of Tears. Ross, a mixed-race Cherokee politician and diplomat, used the U.S. legal system and democratic ideals to oppose Jackson.