The Forsaken Founder: The Life and Times of Gouverneur Morris, the Unsung Patriot Who Wrote the Constitution, Stood Up to Slavery and Survived the Reign of Terror

Uncover the little-known story of Gouverneur Morris, the brilliant yet overlooked Founding Father whose visionary ideas from writing key components of the US Constitution to helping create America's first bank to holding an unwavering stance against slavery shaped the nation's future.

When George Washington and the Continental Army faced starvation, he turned to Gouverneur Morris to help devise a plan to provision the troops. When the fledgling nation needed a financial system to sustain the...