Governor Alexander Martin

Sinopse

"Alexander Martin was one of the most important figures in the early history of North Carolina. He was second in command of the North Carolina regiment in the Revolution, one of the state's five delegates to the Constitutional Convention, the first governor of North Carolina and a United States senator from 1793 to 1799." "This biography traces not only Martin's life, but his leadership - a vital if often unheralded form of authority common to America's lesser known founding fathers. Men like Martin - forceful, persuasive, yet just off center stage - carried the ideals of the American Revolution forward into law and practice."--Jacket.