James Madison and the Making of America

from Pferdina

This is not a typical biography of the man, from birth to death. This book focuses on Madison's contributions to the American Constitution and the amendments and ratifications. Most of the both centers on the years when the Founding Fathers were debating how the new government was to be structure...

from everfresh1

If you look for James Madison biography - like I was - it is not the one. It rather summarizes Madison's writings and speeches over the years. Philadelphia convention takes especially large space. It does seem somewhat weird: this book is not coherent and complete enough to consider it an academi...

from stevesmits

Ask average persons on the street who is the most revered founding father and they'll likely say "Washington" or "Jefferson". Fair enough: Washington for his guiding example of leadership (more for what he could have done but didn't) and Jefferson for his lofty political ideals. But, if you want ...

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James Madison was a genius. He was the main crafter of the United States Constitution and its main defender/expositor in the Federalist Papers. He saw human and governmental problems more deeply than anyone else in his era. We have him to thank for our world's embrace of democracy and self-govern...