John Marshall: The Chief Justice Who Saved the Nation

by Harlow Giles Unger

Book Overview

A hero in America's war against British tyranny, John Marshall with his heroics as Chief Justice turned the Supreme Court into a bulwark against presidential and congressional tyranny and saved American democracy. In this startling biography, award-winning author Harlow Giles Unger reveals how Virginia-born John Marshall emerged from the Revolutionary War's bloodiest battlefields to become one of the nation's most important Founding Fathers: America's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306824566
• ISBN13: 9780306824562
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: Da Capo
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 3.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"