THIS ISBN NUMBER IS A HARDBACK BOOK -- B/w Plates -- Few people today realize by how slim a thread liberty hung during some moments of the Revolution, and how much the young nation owed to a very few men. Although James Monroe is the focal point of this book, many of the people, places, and events of the uncertain days when the nation began are included to make this not only a biography, but a recreation of a time -- Traces the events of the Battle of Trenton with emphasis on James Monroe's participation.