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Title: James Monroe: The Quest for National Identity by Harry Ammon ISBN: 0-8139-1266-0 Publisher: University of Virginia Press Pub. Date: March, 1990 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (10 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: James Monroe: The Quest for National Identity
Comment: James Monroe: The Quest for National Identity written by Harry Ammon is a book that covers from James Monroe's birth to his passing. As the nation mourned Monroe's death, it also moved it, not because of the achievements of his administration were then valued so highly but rather because the people saw in his death the passingof one of the last heros of the revolutionary generation.
Not only like Thomas Jefferson and John Adams who both died on the very same day July 4, 1826, but James Monroe died on the Fourth of July five years later, bringing the struggle for independence more sharply into focus. This book takes us from the Virginia Tidewater in Monroe's life, to his service in the revolutionary army, where he was wounded and later recovered and served in the Washington administration, the United States Senate and governer of Virginia, he served with the Madison administration as Secretary of State and War. Later being elected to the presidency of the United States.
If anything can be said, this biography does justice to James Monroe as it is exhaustively researched and documented. The scholarship is perceptive and it sheads light on the politics and personalities, making this work indespensible. I found that the author narrative to be a little dry... maybe because I read it after reading David McCullough's "John Adams." But, in all fairness, the narrative needs a little "juice" to liven it up, as somnolence is a severe side effect.
James Monroe was not as well known as some of the others that served as president, but his accomplishments, nervertheless, were of noteworthiness as to establishing the national identity of the United States of America.
Rating: 5
Summary: An Excellent Work!
Comment: As an amateur historian, I have set out to read a biography of each U.S. President. Harry Ammon's book was among the best that I read. Ammon presents history as a great story, filled with larger than life characters. The book clearly explains the politics of the day and gives the reader a definite understanding of the often overlooked President Monroe. This book is a triumph and an unexpected page-turner.
Rating: 3
Summary: Good book, could've been better
Comment: This is without a doubt THE definitive biography of James Monroe, but, unfortunately, it was not written with the same aplomb as McCullough's John Adams or Joseph Ellis' book on Thomas Jefferson (American Sphinx). I agree with some of the other reviewers who said the book is long on detail, but short on analysis. Still, I am glad I read it and feel that I learned a lot about Monroe. I just wouldn't classify it as a great biography. Just the best one available about James Monroe.
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Title: John Quincy Adams: A Public Life, a Private Life by Paul C. Nagel ISBN: 0674479408 Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: April, 1999 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: James Madison: A Biography by Ralph Louis Ketcham ISBN: 0813912652 Publisher: University of Virginia Press Pub. Date: May, 1990 List Price(USD): $22.50 |
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Title: The Life of Andrew Jackson by Robert V. Remini ISBN: 0060937351 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Washington: The Indispensable Man by James Thomas Flexner ISBN: 0316286168 Publisher: Back Bay Books Pub. Date: 22 February, 1994 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: James Madison: (The American Presidents Series) by Garry Wills, Arthur M. Schlesinger ISBN: 0805069054 Publisher: Times Books Pub. Date: 02 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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