The last founding father James Monroe and a nation's call to greatness /
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."
| Main Author: | Unger, Harlow G., 1931- |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
[Cambridge, MA] :
Da Capo Press,
2010.
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| Physical Description: |
xii, 388 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. |
| Edition: | 1st Da Capo Press pbk. ed. |
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- 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 Américaine
- 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.