The Last Founding Father: James Monroe and a Nation's Call to Greatness
- ISBN-10
- 030681918X
- ISBN-13
- 9780306819186
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 400
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-09-28
- Publisher
- Da Capo Press
- Author
- Harlow Giles Unger
Description
In this compelling biography, award-winning author Harlow Giles Unger reveals the epic story of James Monroe (1758–1831)—the last of America's Founding Fathers—who transformed a small, fragile nation beset by enemies into a powerful empire stretching “from sea to shining sea.” Like David McCullough's John Adams and Jon Meacham's American Lion, The Last Founding Father is both a superb read and stellar scholarship—action-filled history in the grand tradition.
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