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