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Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
437 pages ; 25 cm
Description
A group portrait of America's first four presidents from Virginia focuses on a series of key historical episodes that illustrate how the myriad leadership roles of Washington, Jefferson, Madison and Monroe promoted transcendental, if contradictory, national views about freedom and equality.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
x, 564 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
"This majestic new biography of James Madison explores the astonishing story of a man of vaunted modesty who audaciously changed the world. Among the Founding Fathers, Madison was a true genius of the early republic. Outwardly reserved, Madison was the intellectual driving force behind the Constitution and crucial to its ratification. His visionary political philosophy and rationale for the union of states--so eloquently presented in The Federalist...
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