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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.
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.