Madison's Gift: Five Partnerships That Built America

Madison's Gift: Five Partnerships That Built America

Historian David O. Stewart restores James Madison to his proper place as the most significant Founding Father and framer of the new nation: â€œA fascinating look at how one unlikely figure managed to help guideâ€¦a precarious confederation of reluctant states to a self-governing republic that has prospered for more than two centuriesâ€ (Richmond Times-Dispatch).

Short, plain, balding, neither soldier nor orator, low on charisma and high on intelligence, James Madison cared more about achieving results than taking the credit. Forming key partnerships with Washington, Jefferson, Monroe, and his wife Dolley, Madison achieved his lifelong goal of a self-governing constitutional republic. It was Madison who led the drive for the Constitutional Convention and pressed for an effective new government as his patron George Washington lent the effort legitimacy; Madison who wrote the Federalist Papers with Alexander Hamilton to secure the Constitutionâ€™s ratification; Madison who joined Thomas Jefferson to found the nationâ€™s first political party and move the nation toward broad democratic principles; Madison, with James Monroe, who guided the new nation through its first war in 1812, and who handed the reins of government to the last of the Founders.

But it was his final partnership that allowed Madison to escape his natural shyness and reach the greatest heights. Dolley was the woman he married in middle age and who presided over both him and an enlivened White House. This partnership was a love story, a unique one that sustained Madison through his political rise, his presidency, and a fruitful retirement. In Madisonâ€™s Gift, David O. Stewartâ€™s â€œinsights are illuminatingâ€¦.He weaves vivid, sometimes poignant details throughout the grand sweep of historical events. He brings early history alive in a way that offers todayâ€™s readers perspectiveâ€ (Christian Science Monitor).

Country	USA
Author	David O. Stewart
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	Reprint
EISBN	9781451688603
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
NumberOfPages	433
PublicationDate	2015-02-10
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
ReleaseDate	2015-02-10
Studio	Simon & Schuster

Madison's Gift: Five Partnerships That Built America

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