<DIV>In this compelling biography, award-winning author Harlow Giles Unger reveals the epic story of James Monroe (1758?1831)?the last of America's Founding Fathers?who transformed a small, fragile nation beset by enemies into a powerful empire stretching ?from sea to shining sea.” Like David McCullough's <i>John Adams</i> and Jon Meacham's <i>American Lion</i>, <i>The Last Founding Father</i> is both a superb read and stellar scholarship?action-filled history in the grand tradition.</DIV>