The Quartet : Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789 (Hardcover)

from Jarratt

A clear and concise book focusing on the creation and ratification of the US Constitution. As you would expect, "The Quartet" highlights the four Founders (Washington, Madison, Jay, and Hamilton) who were at the head of getting the Constitutional Convention off the ground, seeing the resulting do...

from Dorritt

From the guy who brought us the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Founding Brothers" comes this "sequel," as it were, to the American Revolution, telling the tale of how 13 separate and fiercely independent states were grudging prodded into forming a centralized government, which centralized government bec...

from jerry-book

But for Madison, Washington, Hamilton, and Jay the author says there would have been no Constitution and no USA. Ellis makes a convincing case that these were the four that orchestrated the second American Revolution overthrowing the Articles of Confederation. It is hard looking back to think the...

from mrmapcase

One of the biggest misconceptions about the United States is that after the Revolutionary War, we became a country. Ellis shows in a concise manner how this country went a loose confederation of states to the constitution bound country and the men behind it all. Free review copy.

from PaperDollLady

The Quartet is a narrative on how America got from the Articles of Confederation to the United States Constitution by focusing on the efforts of those four signers that the book's author, Joseph Ellis, deems most responsible--G. Washington, A. Hamilton, J. Madison, and J. Jay. Some supporting pla...