The last founding father :
by Unger, Harlow G.,
Edition statement:1st Da Capo Press edition. Physical details: xii, 388 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm ISBN:9780306818080; 0306818086; 9780306819186; 030681918X.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| 900 - 999 | Book Cart | 973.54092 Ung (Browse shelf) | Available | 105873 |
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."
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