John M Belohlavek: 3 books

One of the most colorful, controversial, and misunderstood public figures of the 19th century “The most hated man in New England,”as critics dubbed him on the eve of the Civil War, Caleb Cushing, brash and controversial, was perhaps the last of 19th-century America’s renaissance figures....

Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of the United States. Known as "Old Hickory," he was the first President who championed the rights of the 'common man'. Originally from the frontier, he was known for being rough in speech and mannerisms and his fierce temper. After making his name...

In Patriots, Prostitutes, and Spies, John Belohlavek explores the critically important roles of women on both sides of the 1846-48 war between the United States and Mexico.