host: our guest has been mark r. cheathem. he is a professor and head of the history department at cumberland university in lebanon, tennessee. one of his books, "andrew jackson, southerner." what are the others? guest: "old hickory's nephew: the political and private struggles of andrew jackson donelson," which is about andrew jackson donelson. andrew jackson: the rise of the democrats, which is really an overview of the democratic party and its origins. those are a couple. host: mark cheathem, thank you very much for joining us. guest: thank you, brian. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] announcer: four free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at q&a.org. "q&a" programs are also available as c-span podcasts. announcer: if you enjoyed this week's "q&a" interview with mark cheathem, here are some other programs you might like. professor n

. >> this week on join date, cumberland university history professor mark cheathem. the professor discusses his book and talks about comparisons made between president jackson and president trump. >> mark cheathem, author of andrew jackson, southerner. there are a lot of books on andrew jackson in the south. when you see this picture on the screen, what comes to mind? guest: on the comparisons between trump and

brian: mark cheathem author of andrew jackson southerner, and a lot of other books about andrew jacksonnd the south. when you see this picture on the screen, what's -- what comes to mind? mark: all the comparisons between trump and jackson, and how wrong they are frankly.