Title | : | The Last Founding Father |
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Author | : | Harlow Giles Unger |
Release | : | 2009-09-29 |
Kind | : | ebook |
Genre | : | Biographies & Memoirs, Books, History, U.S. History |
Size | : | 8286072 |
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 empire 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. |