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The Last Founding Father: James Monroe and a Nation's Call to Greatness

Harlow Giles Unger

The Last Founding Father: James Monroe and a Nation's Call to Greatness

Paperback (Da Capo Press Sept. 28, 2010) , Reprint edition
From the New York Times bestselling author, the larger than life story of America's fifth president, who transformed a small, fragile nation into a powerful empireIn 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.
ISBN
030681918X / 9780306819186
Pages
400
Weight
24.0 oz.
Dimensions
6.1 x 1.0 in.

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