Few men in the history of Georgia have come down to the present in hearsay and folklore as profusely and as controversially as has James Monroe Smith, who becam

This work examines James Monroe's attempt to craft a legacy as a champion of American republicanism. Monroe wanted to make the U.S. a beacon of republicanism ar

The extraordinary life of James Monroe: soldier, senator, diplomat, and the last Founding Father to hold the presidency, a man who helped transform thirteen col