Unger, Harlow G.,
The last founding father : James Monroe and a nation's call to greatness James Monroe and a nation's call to greatness Harlow Giles Unger. - 1st Da Capo Press edition. - xii, 388 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-376) and index.
"To be free ... we must fight" -- "A brave ... and sensible officer" -- "I may lose my scalp" -- "A most interesting connection" -- "A subversion of liberty" -- "One continuous scene of riot" -- La belle Americaine -- "Let calumny have its course" -- "To prevent this greatest of evils" -- "Some outrages had been committed" -- Nothing but simple justice" -- To repair an injury -- "We have met the enemy-- " -- "The poor Capital-- crack'd and broken" -- The "Era of Good Feelings" -- "Embroidered with gold" -- "Winked away by compromise" -- A momentous decision -- Rejoice! -- "A plain and gentle man."
The epic story of James Monroe-- the last of America's Founding Fathers -- who transformed a small, fragile nation beset by enemies into a glorious and powerful empire stretching "from sea to shining sea."
9780306818080 0306818086 9780306819186 030681918X
2009026195
015594431 Uk
Monroe, James 1758-1831.
Presidents--United States--Biography.
United States--Politics and government--1817-1825.
United States--Politics and government--1783-1865.
E372 / .U54 2009
973.54092 Ung B 15
The last founding father : James Monroe and a nation's call to greatness James Monroe and a nation's call to greatness Harlow Giles Unger. - 1st Da Capo Press edition. - xii, 388 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-376) and index.
"To be free ... we must fight" -- "A brave ... and sensible officer" -- "I may lose my scalp" -- "A most interesting connection" -- "A subversion of liberty" -- "One continuous scene of riot" -- La belle Americaine -- "Let calumny have its course" -- "To prevent this greatest of evils" -- "Some outrages had been committed" -- Nothing but simple justice" -- To repair an injury -- "We have met the enemy-- " -- "The poor Capital-- crack'd and broken" -- The "Era of Good Feelings" -- "Embroidered with gold" -- "Winked away by compromise" -- A momentous decision -- Rejoice! -- "A plain and gentle man."
The epic story of James Monroe-- the last of America's Founding Fathers -- who transformed a small, fragile nation beset by enemies into a glorious and powerful empire stretching "from sea to shining sea."
9780306818080 0306818086 9780306819186 030681918X
2009026195
015594431 Uk
Monroe, James 1758-1831.
Presidents--United States--Biography.
United States--Politics and government--1817-1825.
United States--Politics and government--1783-1865.
E372 / .U54 2009
973.54092 Ung B 15