num_pages: 736
description: A New York Times Notable Book of 1996It was in tolling the death of Chief Justice John Marshall in 1835 that the Liberty Bell cracked, never to ring again. An apt symbol of the man who shaped both court and country.Working from primary sources, Jean Edward Smith has drawn an elegant portrait of a remarkable man. Lawyer, jurist, scholars; soldier, comrade, friend; and, most especially, lover of fine Madeira, good food, and animated table talk: the Marshall who emerges from these pages is noteworthy for his very human qualities as for his piercing intellect, and, perhaps most extraordinary, for his talents as a leader of men and a molder of consensus. A man of many parts, a true son of the Enlightenment, John Marshall did much for his country, and John Marshall: Definer of a Nation demonstrates this on every page.
language: English
title: John Marshall: Definer of a Nation
titlecomplete: John Marshall: Definer of a Nation
characters: Bushrod Washington, John Adams, Samuel Chase, John Marshall
genres: Historical, American Revolutionary War, History, Law, American History, American Revolution, Biography Memoir, Politics, Biography, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 1262
publisher: Henry Holt and Co.