Description: In this compelling biography, an award-winning author recounts the life of James Monroe, who dedicated himself to serving his country and building America's future. b&w photos.
Review Quotes: "The engaging story of an important but neglected president...If public memory has unfairly ignored him, The Last Founding Father: James Monroe and a Nation's Call to Greatness amply restores the deficit. This absorbing biography also generously details the early history of the nation's westward expansion...[A] highly readable history of a great American. A natural storyteller and appealing stylist, Unger skillfully interweaves his subject's private and public lives. He captures the milieu of the early nineteenth century, conveying its broad influence upon succeeding eras."--Magill Book Reviews