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

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 09/28/2010
ISBN: 9780306819186
Pages: 388
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 1.20d