Easton Press: JAMES MONROE'S PRESIDENCY: ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS: 1811-1829

Description: Easton Press leather edition of George Dangerfield's "The Era of Good Feelings," a Collector's edition, one of the LIBRARY OF AMERICAN HISTORY series, published in 1986. Bound in hunter green leather, the book has decorative paper end leaves, satin book marker, hubbed spine, gold gilding on three edges---in near FINE condition. Collector's Notes is included. "The Era of Good Feelings" encompasses the exhilarating years from 1811-1829, when a burgeoning America broke its dependency on Europe, emerged as a world power, and laid the foundation for its spectacular future. The old Federalist Party gave way to the Republicans and the Democrats, while a clearly American culture, independent of its European roots emerged. The Monroe Doctrine capped the epoch with its brash warning to European powers to stay out of the American hemisphere. The War of 1812 with Great Britain was a direct challenge to the U.S.'s ability to determine its own destiny. The successfully negotiated peace treaty of 1814 made America economically independent for the first time, of England's heavy hand. The country exploded with national pride; suddenly, everything seemed possible! Monroe attended WILLIAM and MARY COLLEGE and took the oath of allegiance at VALLEY FORGE. He later practiced law in Fredericksburg. Monroe was best friends with Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. James Monroe, who lived from 1758-1831, was the 5th President of the U.S., 1817--1825. Monroe came to the Presidency as well prepared as any man ever to occupy the Oval Office. he had been an officer in the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, a U.S. Senator, Ambassador to FRANCE, SPAIN, and BRITAIN, Governor of Virginia, and both U.S. Secretary of State and Secretary of War. Monroe was the first President to occupy the rebuilt White House after its burning by the British in the War of 1812. Under Monroe, Florida was annexed from Spain, the Missouri Compromise established the geographic limits of slavery and forestalled Civil War, Western expansion became a reality with the blazing of the Santa Fe Trail, Oregon was wrested from Spain and Russia, a true national banking system began to emerge, and the permanent boundary between Canada and the U.S. was established. An economic boom during Monroe's initial years as President helped name his Presidency "the Era of Good Feeling." 525 pages, including Notes and an Index. I offer Combined shipping.

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