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John Marshall

The Chief Justice Who Saved the Nation

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John Marshall

By: Harlow Giles Unger
Narrated by: Robert Fass
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A soul-stirring biography of John Marshall, the young Republic's great chief justice who led the Supreme Court to power and brought law and order to the nation.

In the political turmoil that convulsed America after George Washington's death, the surviving Founding Fathers went mad - literally pummeling each other in Congress and challenging one another to deadly duels in their quest for power. Out of the political intrigue, one man emerged to restore calm and dignity to the government: John Marshall. The longest-serving chief justice in American history, Marshall transformed the Supreme Court from an irrelevant appeals court into the powerful and controversial branch of government that Americans today either revere or despise.

Drawing on rare documents, Harlow Giles Unger shows how, with nine key decisions, Marshall rewrote the Constitution, reshaped government, and prevented Thomas Jefferson from turning tyrant. John Adamscalled his appointment of Marshall to chief justice his greatest gift to the nation and "the pride of my life".

©2014 Harlow Giles Unger (P)2014 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Americas Historical Law Professionals & Academics United States Founding Fathers Inspiring Government American History Taxation US Constitution

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really enjoyed. as I have not grown up in the US it presented an interesting and informative view that was not covered in schoole ... but should be.

recommend the book and the reader
Eli

engaging and informative

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I had little knowledge of the early formative days and years in US independent history, until I listened to this book. It’s a very thorough and well compiled account of what was apparently a very fragile political structure that came close to collapse in a number of occasions, even before the civil war ripped the junior world state apart.

An interesting account of early US political & legal machinations

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