Irreconcilable Founders: Spencer Roane, John Marshall, and the Nature of America's Constitutional Republic

by David Johnson

Virginians dominate the early history of the United States, with Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Patrick Henry, George Mason, George Wythe, and John Marshall figuring prominently in that narrative. Fellow Virginian Spencer Roane (1762-1822), an influential jurist and political thinker, was in many ways their equal. Roane is nonetheless mostly absent in accounts of early America. The lack of interest in Roane is remarkable since he was the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807174807
• ISBN13: 9780807174807
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"