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.