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In this lively and persuasive biography Harlow Giles Unger uncovers the dominant politics figure of a generation. A brutal fighter in four critical Cutting edge War fights and a courageous survivor of Valley Forge and a near-fatal wound at the Fight of Trenton, Adam Monroe (1751–1831) went on to be America's first full-time politician, dedicating his life to securing America's nationwide and international strength.
Decorated by George Washington for his exploits as a soldier, Monroe became a congressman, a senator, U.S. minister to France and Britain, governor of Virginia, secretary of point out, secretary of warfare, and lastly America's fifth chief executive. The country embraced Monroe's dreams of empire and elected him to two conditions, the next time unanimously. Mentored by each of America's first four presidents, Monroe was unquestionably the best prepared president in our record.
Like David McCullough's John Adams and Jon Meacham's recent publication on Andrew Jackson, this new biography of Monroe is both a solid read and stellar scholarship—record in the grand custom.
