Judge Andrew Jackson, Presiding: long before his rise to national fame during the War of 1812, young Andrew Jackson, as lawyer, judge and legislator, helped shape the American frontier. He would take the skills, attitudes and quirks developed there all the way to the White House

The bear-sized man, on trial for mutilating a child's ears, stormed about the court, cursing out judge, jury and any man who would try to subdue him. Russell Bean, the [...]