John Jay: Founding Father

Title: John Jay: Founding Father Author: Walter Stahr ISBN: 9781852854447 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic Published: 2005 Binding: Hardcover Language: English Condition: Used: Near Fine A 1629500 Publisher Description: John Jay was a central figure in the early history of the American Republic. A New York lawyer, born in 1745, Jay served his country with the greatest distinction and was one of the most influential of its Founding Fathers. In the first full-length biography in almost seventy years, Walter Stahr brings Jay vividly to life, setting his astonishing career against the background of the American Revolution. Drawing on substantial new material, Walter Stahr has written a full and highly readable portrait of both the public and private man. It is the story not only of John Jay himself, the most prominent native-born New Yorker of the eighteenth century, but also of his engagin