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The Last Founding Father: James Monroe and a Nation's Call to Greatness
The Last Founding Father James Monroe and a Nation's Call to Greatness
Author: Harlow Giles Unger
In this lively and compelling biography Harlow Giles Unger reveals the dominant political figure of a generation. A fierce fighter in four critical Revolutionary War battles and a courageous survivor of Valley Forge and a near-fatal wound at the Battle of Trenton, James Monroe (1751?1831) went on to become America?s first full-time politician, d...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780306819186
ISBN-10: 030681918X
Publication Date: 9/28/2010
Pages: 400
Edition: First Trade Paper Ed
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Publisher: Da Capo Press
Book Type: Paperback
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Writes more like a journalist than a historian. "... James Monroe lived on the edge of a political maelstrom that would eventurally pull him into its vortes..." According to the author, Adams, Jefferson and Madison were mere caretakers of the presidency, Monroe set the presidency on firm footing. Appoarently, Monroe got along with everyone, including Andrew Jackson. I enjoyed skimming through it.


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