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.

Author: Harlow Giles Unger
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 09/28/2010
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 1.20d
ISBN13: 9780306819186
ISBN10: 030681918X
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Presidents & Heads of State
- History | United States | 19th Century
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical

About the Author
Acclaimed historian Harlow Giles Unger is a former Distinguished Visiting Fellow at George Washington's Mount Vernon. He is the author of twenty-six previous books, including twelve biographies of America's Founding Fathers and three histories of the early Republic. He lives in New York City.