John Marshall Definer of a Nation

Name: John Marshall Definer of a Nation
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ISBN: 9780805055108

ISBN-10: 080505510X

ISBN-13: 9780805055108

Edition: Revised

Authors: Jean Edward Smith, Jean Edward Smith

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A New York Times Notable Book of 1996 It was in tolling the death of Chief Justice John Marshall in 1835 that the Liberty Bell cracked, never to ring again. An apt symbol of the man who shaped both court and country, whose life “reads like an early history of the United States,” as the Wall Street Journal noted, adding: Jean Edward Smith “does an excellent job of recounting the details of Marshall’s life without missing the dramatic sweep of the history it encompassed.” Working from primary sources, Jean Edward Smith has drawn an elegant portrait of a remarkable man. Lawyer, jurist, scholars; soldier, comrade, friend; and, most especially, lover of fine Madeira, good food, and animated…

Book details

List price: $34.99
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Publication date: 3/15/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 800
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.27" long x 1.63" tall
Weight: 2.442
Language: English



Preface


Introduction: The Inauguration of 1801


Marshall's Virginia Heritage


Soldier of the Revolution


Student and Suitor


Husband, Lawyer, Legislator


The Fight for Ratification


At the Richmond Bar


Virginia Federalist


Mission to Paris (The XYZ Affair)


To Congress from Richmond


Secretary of State


Opinion of the Court


The Gathering Storm


Marbury v. Madison


The Center Holds


Treason Defined


Yazoo


"A Band of Brothers"


National Supremacy


Steamboats


The Chief Justice and Old Hickory


Notes


Bibliography


Acknowledgments


Index