James Monroe by Harry Ammon

James Monroe by Harry Ammon

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A biography of James Monroe who became the fifth president of the United States in 1816. Ammon recreates his remarkable career, through his service in the revolutionary army, the Confederation Congress, to his exertions in James Madison's cabinet and his subsequent presidency.

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James Monroe by Harry Ammon

A biography of James Monroe who became the fifth president of the United States in 1816. Ammon recreates his remarkable career, through his service in the revolutionary army, the Confederation Congress, to his exertions in James Madison's cabinet and his subsequent presidency.
This monumental survey of James Monroe's life and career is exhaustively researched and documented, a work of patient and perceptive scholarship that sheds a good deal of light on the politics and personalities of the early American Republic" —Publishers Weekly

"From Monroe's birth on the Virginia Tidewater, through his service in the revolutionary army, the Confederation Congress, the United States Senate, and as governor of Virginia, to his diplomatic missions, exertions in Madison's cabinet, and presidency, we now have a detailed authoritative recording of that remarkable career.. One feels sure that we now have, for a long time to come, the book on Monroe to which all will turn." —Ralph Ketcham, Virginia Magazine of History and Biography
Harry Ammon is Professor Emeritus of History at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. He is also the author of The Genet Mission (1973).
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ISBN 13 9780813912660
ISBN 10 0813912660
Title James Monroe
Author Harry Ammon
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher University of Virginia Press
Year published 1990-03-31
Number of pages 736
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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