Richard Brookhiser
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“John Marshall: The Man Who Made the Supreme Court” (2018)
The life of John Marshall, Founding Father and America's premier chief justice In 1801, a genial and brilliant Revolutionary War veteran and politician became the fourth chief justice of the United States. He would hold the post for 34 years (still a record), expounding the Constitution he loved. Before he joined the Supreme Court, it was the weakling of the federal government, lacking in dignity and clout. After he died, it could never be ignored again. Through three decades of dramatic cases involving businessmen, scoundrels, Native Americans, and slaves, Marshall defended the federal government against unruly states, established the Supreme Court's right to rebuke Congress or the president, and unleashed the power of American commerce. For better and for worse, he made the Supreme Court a pillar of American life. In John Marshall, award-winning biographer Richard Brookhiser vividly chronicles America's greatest judge and the world he made.
“Founders' Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln” (2014)
This book allows us to think anew about the first hundred years of American history, and shows how we can, like Lincoln, apply the legacy of the Founding Fathers to our times.
“James Madison” (2013)
A vivid portrait of the "Father of the Constitution", Brookhiser lays out how James Madison led one of the most influential and prolific lives in American history.
“Right Time, Right Place: Coming of Age with William F. Buckley Jr. and the Conservative Movement” (2009)
Witty and poignant, Right Time, Right Place tells the story of a young man and a political movement coming of ageand of the man who inspired them both.
“Alexander Hamilton, American” (2000)
up close, throughout his meteoric and ever-fascinating (if tragically brief) life, Brookhiser paints Hamilton as one of the most crucial of the founders. Here, thanks to Brookhiser's accustomed wit and grace, this quintessential American lives again.
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