UNPARALLELED

The Story of John Marshall

By: Charles Henry Vessey

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

UNPARALLED is a foray into the life of one of America’s unsung heroes, John Marshall. Born in the backwoods frontier of Virginia in 1755, this unpretentious young man did not seek the limelight and did not hesitate when his country called. The founders established a meritocracy, and Marshall lived the dream. Marshall was self-educated like Lincoln with little formal schooling. His entire legal training involved one semester at the College of William and Mary. Marshall was a natural genius who employed his talents in the service of his country. UNPARALLED transports the reader on an adventure through Marshall’s life as an American patriot.

The reader relives early America through Marshall’s eyes in the Revolution; his courtship, marriage, and family; his legal career and entry into politics; the “XYZ” affair; his transition to national politics; his role as Secretary of State; and finally, his ascension to Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Oliver Wendell Holmes once said that: “If American law were to be represented by a single figure, skeptic and worshipper alike would agree that the figure could be one alone, and that one, John Marshall.” Peer into the mind of the man who made the “rule of law” a reality. He was the Founding Father of whom most Americans have never heard. Meet the real man of steel who never retreated from doing the right thing.