About the Author

Jean Edward Smith is professor of political science at the University of Toronto. Among his books are Lucius D. Clay: An American Life, and George Bush's War. He divides his time between Toronto, Mississippi, and New York.

Reviews

"A wholly satisfying modern biography that immediately establishes itself as the authoritative life." --Joseph J. Ellis, The New York Times Book Review "We are in Smith's debt for a richer, more accurate and more balanced view of Marshall and his achievements than we have ever had before....The best single-volume biography of the Chief Justice that we have." --Gordon S. Wood, The New Republic