John Marshall: Definer of a NationA New York Times Notable Book of 1996 |
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... France , and on to his powerful management of the Court , " Smith's well - written biography brings Marshall's achievement alive " ( Jack N. Rakove , The Boston Globe ) . FROM THE REVIEWS " Our country's most eminent jurist ,
... France . The following year he was induced by President Adams to join Charles Cotesworth Pinckney and Elbridge Gerry on a special mission to Paris - a desperate effort to re- store cordial ties with revolutionary France . The mission ...
... France against England , while Hamilton's supporters urged an alliance with England and war against France . Adams was caught in the middle . His neutral course - which ulti- mately proved correct - had few defenders other than Marshall ...
... France . Marshall's long - standing aversion to Jefferson was deeply held and cordially reciprocated . It was a character flaw that Marshall and Jefferson shared equally ; a flaw that was captured by the historian Henry Adams who , when ...
... France . Marshall , like Washing- ton , leaned toward Britain . In some respects the differences involved the classic tension between the man of ideas and the man of affairs . Jefferson was at his best when articulating a philosophy of ...
Contents
Marshalls Virginia Heritage | 21 |
Soldier of the Revolution | 37 |
Student and Suitor | 70 |
Husband Lawyer Legislator | 87 |
The Fight for Ratification | 115 |
At the Richmond Bar | 144 |
Virginia Federalist | 169 |
Mission to Paris The XYZ Affair | 192 |
The Center Holds | 327 |
Treason Defined | 348 |
Yazoo | 375 |
A Band of Brothers | 395 |
National Supremacy | 417 |
Steamboats | 446 |
The Chief Justice and Old Hickory | 482 |
Notes | 525 |