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Description edit
In this lively and compelling biography Harlow Giles Unger reveals the dominant political figure of a generation. A fierce fighter in four critical Revolutionary War battles and a courageous survivor of Valley Forge and a near-fatal wound at the Battle of Trenton, James Monroe (1751–1831) went... read more
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Characters/People edit
- James Monroe: Add a description of this character.
- Thomas Jefferson
- Elizabeth Monroe
- Andrew Jackson
- Alexander Hamilton
- John Marshall
- John Quincy Adams
- Crawford
- Livingston
- Maria Hester
- Randolph
- James Madison
- John Adams
- Patrick Henry
- Armstrong
- Joseph Jones
- George Washington
- Mary
- Burr
- Talleyrand
- Pinkney
- Adrienne
- Henry Clay
- Napoléon
- Calhoun
- George Hay
- Morris
- William
- Lake Champlain
- Richard Rush
- Lee
- Judge Jones
- John Jay
- Gabriel
- Pickering
Setting & Locations edit
- France
- United States
- Virginia
- America
- New York
- Paris
- Lafayette
- Great Britain
- Spain
- New England
- London
- Richmond
- Louisiana
- Europe
- White House
- Philadelphia
- Mississippi River
- Charlottesville
- West Florida
- Monticello
- Canada
- Massachusetts
- Pennsylvania
- Kentucky
- Fredericksburg
- New Jersey
- Baltimore
- Highland
- Congress
- Washington City
- Connecticut
- Boston
- South Carolina
- Russia
- Ohio
- Pensacola
- Gouverneur
- Annapolis
- Trenton
- Atlantic
- Tennessee
- New Orleans
- Georgia
- Chesapeake Bay
- West Indies
First Sentence edit
The world was awash with war when James Monroe was born in the spring of 1758.
Table of Contents edit
1. "To Be Free...We Must Fight"
2."A Brave...and Sensible Officer"
3. "I May Lose My Scalp"
4. "A Most Interesting Connestion"
5. "A Subversion of Liberty"
6. "One Continuous Scene of Riot?
7. LaBelle Americanine
Series & Lists edit
This is book 6 of 21 in CROAH Group Reads - Biographies of USA Presidents. (community list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Harlow G. Unger (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2009
ISBN: 9780306818080
Page Count: 400
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2009
ISBN: 9780306818080
Page Count: 400
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 973.54092
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