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Grandson of a Signer. Conqueror of California. The Architect of a Divided Empire.

Sea Girt Soul follows the meteoric rise of a Commodore who stood at the pinnacle of power—with a Senate seat, a sprawling Jersey Shore estate, and whispers of the Presidency—all while remaining tragically blind to the "self-evident truths" that would soon tear his country apart. Stockton’s life is more than a biography; it is a mirror of a young America in the throes of its most conflicted hour.