Pre-Owned The Last Founding Father : James Monroe and a Nation's Call to Greatness (Hardcover) 9780306818080

from auntmarge64

This is a brand new publication, and I'd hoped for a thoughtful treatment of Monroe's life and career such as McCullough or Ellis might offer. Instead, the book earned just 3½ stars. My main complaints are that the author appears overly enamored with his subject, using effusive and extravagant de...

from everfresh1

The book is well written, has interesting information, including description of political background that is so crucial for this kind of biography, but at the same time fails to completely engage. It is uneven - at times I was simply bored. Still, as far as I know it's the best available book abo...

from auntmarge64

This is a brand new publication, and I'd hoped for a thoughtful treatment of Monroe's life and career such as McCullough or Ellis might offer. Instead, the book earned just 3½ stars. My main complaints are that the author appears overly enamored with his subject, using effusive and extravagant de...

from tututhefirst

A well-written, well researched, and richly documented story of our 5th president. In addition to his personal accomplishments, many of which I was only slightly aware of, we get a broad picture of a very interesting period in our nation's history as the US bloomed from the 13 original colonies t...

from buffalogr

Yes, the author fully admires Monroe. I guess that all that research, he came to know the subject and admires him fully...seriously, every paragraph is rife with Monroe accolades. Further, the book is full of quotes with little interpretation by the author. And, the book does cover Monroe's life;...