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John Jay: Founding Father
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The first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court as well as President of the Continental Congress, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, and one time Governor of New York, John Jay was a Founding Father of paramount importance to the early Republic and did much to influence the shape of America's future. Walter Stahr's lively and engaging narrative illuminates the great life of an American soldier, politician, diplomat and lawyer. Readers will follow Jay's story through key events in early American history, such as the Revolutionary War, the writing of the Constitution, the first presidencies of the country, and the creation of our most authoritative legal body, the US Supreme Court. Now, Stahr presents Jay in the light he deserves: a Founding Father, a true national hero, and an architect of America's future.
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Pages 482
Dimensions: Length: 9.29" Width: 6.22" Height: 1.65"
Weight: 1.94 lbs.
Binding Hardcover
Release Date Mar 15, 2005
ISBN 1852854448
EAN 9781852854447
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 | Steadiness in Diversity Aug 30, 2008 |
During the American revolutionary era, few men (if any) exceeded John Jay in both longevity and diversity of public service. As a young lawyer, Jay attended the First and Second Continental Congresses as a New York delegate, during which he developed from a moderate patriot to an ardent separationist. He served with the rebel New York convention before and during the British occupation of New York City, and later served as President of the Continental Congress, ambassador to Spain, peace commissioner in Paris, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, first Chief Justice of the federal Supreme Court, ambassador to Great Britain, and governor of New York. Throughout this time, he also gave steady counsel to those in executive leadership of the nascent United States. In 1801, Jay stepped down from 26 years of uninterrupted public service, and retired as a revered elder statesman to spend the final three decades of his life in relative seclusion on his farm in lower New York.
Stahr set himself a difficult goal in becoming John Jay's biographer. Even in Jay's own lifetime, the New York statesman had a reputation for deep reserve, sometimes interpreted even by his friends as coldness. Jay's correspondence is neither as voluminous nor as self-revelatory as are the letters and documents of other American founding fathers. In what documents remain, Jay sticks to the facts relative to the issue at hand, rarely expressing his passions or personal insights into his life and times. In that light, Stahr's biography is a notable achievement, well-written and as engaging as could be expected for a biography of such a quiet man. Perhaps the book's most significant weakness is a tendency to skim quickly through analyses of Jay's importance in his various capacities; for example, the final chapter summarizes and analyzes Jay's entire life in a mere three or four pages. As good as Stahr's biography is, there is still room for one that will explore fully the significance of this remarkable, capable, and iron-willed founding father. | | |  | Very Good Jul 16, 2008 |
For all of you fans of "John Adams" and "Founding Fathers" this is a book to add to yoru collection. Stahr writes and authorative account on the life of a man that history has downplayed.
While he much lesser known than Sam Adams, Aaron Burr, and (even) Paul Revere - John Jay was a critical member of the brotherhood that help to found our country. it is laughable that many of us have heard of those three, but have no clue on Jay's contributions. Jay was a co-author "The Federalist", a diplomat with Ben Franklin, first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and negoiated a treaty with Britian (The "Jay Treaty"). Make no mistake, John Jay was not a minor player in the founding of America as he was often in the middle of the action.
Stahr highlights the important career of John Jay, and recognizes the contributions that he made to American history. Stahr's biography is both well-written and insightful and helps tell our nation's founding from a slightly different angle.
My recommendation read Stahr's "John Jay" and follow it with Chernow's Alexander Hamilton. Both are excellent accounts of two important (and close friends) New Yorkers that helped shape early American political thought.
Grade "A" | | | | Well-written story of a man deserving of more recognition Jun 5, 2008 |
"John Jay, Founding Father" by Walter Stahr is a welcome addition to the biographies of America's founders.
By examining Jay's key roles as President of the Continental Congress, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, one of three negotiators of the peace treaty with the British empire (along with Franklin and Adams), a Federalist Papers author, the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, negotiator of Jay's Treaty, to preserve peace with England in 1794, and governor of New York, one can better appreciate the times and the greatness of the men who shaped events around Jay. In his concluding chapter, author Stahr rightly places Jay as seventh, behind Franklin, Washington, Adams, Hamilton, Jefferson and Madison in importance to the successful founding of America. Painting the portrait of a humble man of faith, one gets the impression that Jay would not have minded such an assessment - as opposed to his contemporaries, some of whom fought hard to ensure history viewed them more favorably.
Mr. Stahr is a fine writer and "John Jay" is well-researched, leaving the reader to wish that Stahr would consent to taking another leave of his practice of law to write about another prominent American - especially as the U.S. today has a surfeit of attorneys and a dearth of historians possessing both common sense and a good pen (keyboard).
I am indebted to Mr. Stahr's parents in Orange County, California, for recently telling me of their son's book, which I purchased on this site soon after hearing about it. Mr. Stahr's father is himself a prominent attorney and was one of the early key supporters of a previous employer of mine, former Congressman Chris Cox, now Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Reviewer: Chuck DeVore is a California State Assemblyman, he served as a Special Assistant for Foreign Affairs in the Department of Defense from 1986 to 1988, retired from the Army National Guard as a lieutenant colonel, and is the co-author of "China Attacks." | | | | You wil learn something new May 17, 2008 |
| I have read many books about the founding fathers over tha last several years. I am also a lawyer and this book was written by a lawyer about John Jay who was also a lawyer. Throughout the book you could see how Jay's training as a lawyer affected the things he did, how he thought and of course it was crucial in how he drafted and negotiated two treaties with England and the New York state constitution. Of course you don't have to be a lawyer to enjoy this book-it isn't written in legalize.I do think anyone reading the book will learn something new about the revolutionary period as the book follows Jay from New York lawyer to a representative to the Continental Congress to President of the Congress to representative to Spain and France and on through his time as Chief Justice of the Supreme court to two term Governor of New York. He interacted with all the founding fathers and was particularly close to Hamilton, Adams and Washington. I thought this was an excellent book and was particularly good at showing one of the great Federalist leaders of the revolutionary period. | | | | John Jay is a good book Apr 30, 2008 |
| I enjoyed reading about John Jay. I remembered his treaty as being far more unpopular than in the book. Overall the book is an excellent and detailed account of Jhn Jay's life. I would highly recommend it. | | | Write your own review about John Jay: Founding Father
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