352 pages / 6.00 x 9.00 inches / 1 halftone
History / United States - Southern History
One of the most eccentric and accomplished politicians in all of American history, John Randolph (1773–1833) led a life marked by controversy. The long-serving Virginia congressman and architect of southern conservatism grabbed headlines with his prescient comments, public brawls, and clashes with every president from John Adams to Andrew Jackson. The first biography of Randolph in nearly a century, John Randolph of Roanoke provides a full account of the powerful Virginia planter’s hard-charging life and his impact on the formation of conservative politics.
David Johnson graduated from the College of William & Mary and the University of Richmond School of Law. He serves as a judge of the circuit court of Chesterfield County and is the author of John Randolph of Roanoke. He and his wife live in Midlothian, Virginia.
“Cockier than Newt Gingrich, harsher than Keith Olbermann, stranger than Johnny Depp, John Randolph was also, David Johnson argues, a man of consistent small-government principle. The wildest card of early nineteenth-century politics finds a thorough and sympathetic biographer.”— Richard Brookhiser, author of James Madison
"As biographies go, this is surely one of the best in a long time. That holds for any biography of any individual—a tall claim to be sure, but one this volume meets."
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