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Amazon.com Books: James Madison president
James Madison led one of the most influential and prolific lives in American history, and his storyalthough all too often overshadowed by his more celebrated contemporariesis integral to that of the nation. Madison helped to shape our country as perhaps no other Founder: collaborating on the Federalist Papers and the Bill of Rights, resisting government overreach by assembling one of the nation’s first political parties (the Republicans, who became today’s Democrats), and taking to the battlefield during the War of 1812, becoming the last president to lead troops in combat. In this penetrating biography, eminent historian Richard Brookhiser presents a vivid portrait of the Father of the Constitution,” an accomplished yet humble statesman who nourished Americans’ fledgling liberty and vigorously defended the laws that have preserved it to this day. Author: Richard Brookhiser Hardcover: 304 pages Company: Basic Books (2011-09-27) ISBN: 0465019838 List Price: $26.99 Amazon Price: $12.58 Used Price: $9.95 
Author: Dan ElishLibrary Binding: 96 pages Company: Marshall Cavendish Children's Books (2007-09) ISBN: 0761424326 List Price: $34.21 Amazon Price: $23.95 Used Price: $10.32 
Presents a biography of James MadisonAuthor: Mike Venezia Paperback: 32 pages Company: Children's Press(CT) (2005-03) ISBN: 0516274783 List Price: $7.95 Amazon Price: $4.16 Used Price: $4.15 Author: Irving Brant
Hardcover: 540 pages Company: Bobbs-Merrill (1956) List Price: Amazon Price: Used Price: $56.81 
A bestselling historian examines the life of a Founding Father. Renowned historian and social commentator Garry Wills takes a fresh look at the life of James Madison, from his rise to prominence in the colonies through his role in the creation of the Articles of Confederation and the first Constitutional Congress. Madison oversaw the first foreign war under the constitution, and was forced to adjust some expectations he had formed while drafting that document. Not temperamentally suited to be a wartime President, Madison nonetheless confronted issues such as public morale, internal security, relations with Congress, and the independence of the military. Wills traces Madison's later life during which, like many recent Presidents, he enjoyed greater popularity than while in office. Author: Garry Wills Hardcover: 208 pages Company: Times Books (2002-04-02) ISBN: 0805069054 List Price: $23.00 Amazon Price: $12.30 Used Price: $6.09 
America's greatest political thinker, in the most comprehensive one-volume collection ever publishedOver 200 years after the founding of the federal republic, James Madison remains the most important political thinker in American history. The prime framer of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, Madison was also a brilliant expositor of the new republican government and its underlying principles. His eloquent and insightful writing on freedom of religion, freedom of speech and the press, the rights of minorities under majority rule, the role of the states in the federal system, and the separation of powers are central to American political thought and speak to the controversies of the present day. James Madison: Writings is the most comprehensive one-volume selection ever published. Arranged chronologically, it contains almost 200 documents written between 1772 and 1836. Included are all 29 of Madison's contributions to The Federalist, as well as speeches and letters that illuminate his central role in framing and ratifying the Constitution and in the adoption of the Bill of Rights; early writings on religious freedom; revealing correspondence with Jefferson, Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and James Monroe; his eloquent denunciations of the Alien and Sedition Acts; influential writings on republican government and constitutional interpretation; and candid private appraisals of the personalities and events he witnessed in four decades of public life. Writings from Madison's terms as secretary of state and president record his determination to uphold American independence during the conflicts of the Napoleonic era and his conscientious leadership of the nation during the fiercely controversial War of 1812. Letters and essays from his retirement reveal his deepening concern over the sectional threat to the federal union he loved. James Madison: Writings includes explanatory notes, a chronology of Madison's life, and an index. Author: James Madison Hardcover: 966 pages Company: Library of America (1999-08-30) (1999-08-30) ISBN: 1883011663 List Price: $40.00 Amazon Price: $19.40 Used Price: $14.99 
In James Madison and the Making of America, historian Kevin Gutzman looks beyond the way James Madison is traditionally seen -- as "The Father of the Constitution” -- to find a more complex and sometimes contradictory portrait of this influential Founding Father and the ways in which he influenced the spirit of today's United States. Instead of an idealized portrait of Madison, Gutzman treats readers to the flesh-and-blood story of a man who often performed his founding deeds in spite of himself: Madison’s fame rests on his participation in the writing of The Federalist Papers and his role in drafting the Bill of Rights and Constitution. Today, his contribution to those documents is largely misunderstood. He thought that the Bill of Rights was unnecessary and insisted that it not be included in the Constitution, a document he found entirely inadequate and predicted would soon fail. Madison helped to create the first American political party, the first party to call itself “Republican”, but only after he had argued that political parties, in general, were harmful. Madison served as Secretary of State and then as President during the early years of the United States and the War of 1812; however, the American foreign policy he implemented in 1801-1817 ultimately resulted in the British burning down the Capitol and the White House. In so many ways, the contradictions both in Madison’s thinking and in the way he governed foreshadowed the conflicted state of our Union now. His greatest legacy—the disestablishment of Virginia’s state church and adoption of the libertarian Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom—is often omitted from discussion of his career. Yet, understanding the way in which Madison saw the relationship between the church and state is key to understanding the real man. Kevin Gutzman's James Madison and the Making of America promises to become the standard biography of our fourth President. Author: Kevin R. C. Gutzman Hardcover: 432 pages Company: St. Martin's Press (2012-02-14) (2012-02-14) ISBN: 0312625006 List Price: $27.99 Amazon Price: $17.39 
James Madison is remembered primarily as a systematic political theorist, but this bookish and unassuming man was also a practical politician who strove for balance in an age of revolution. In this biography, Jeff Broadwater focuses on Madison's role in the battle for religious freedom in Virginia, his contributions to the adoption of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, his place in the evolution of the party system, his relationship with Dolley Madison, his performance as a wartime commander in chief, and his views on slavery. From Broadwater's perspective, no single figure can tell us more about the origins of the American republic than our fourth president.In these pages, Madison emerges as a remarkably resilient politician, an unlikely wartime leader who survived repeated setbacks in the War of 1812 with his popularity intact. Yet Broadwater shows that despite his keen intelligence, the more Madison thought about one issue, race, the more muddled his thinking became, and his conviction that white prejudices were intractable prevented him from fully grappling with the dilemma of American slavery. Author: Jeff Broadwater Hardcover: 320 pages Company: The University of North Carolina Press (2012-03-16) ISBN: 0807835307 List Price: $30.00 Amazon Price: $18.00 
A biography of the fourth president of the United States, who helped ensure ratification of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Includes Internet links to Web sites, source documents, and photographs related to James Madison.Author: Neil D., Neil Bramwell Library Binding: 48 pages Company: Myreportlinks.com (2003-06) ISBN: 0766051293 List Price: $25.26 Amazon Price: $17.50 Used Price: $11.42 
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.Author: Dolley Madison Paperback: 226 pages Company: Nabu Press (2010-01-10) ISBN: 1141657317 List Price: $25.75 Amazon Price: $15.65 Used Price: $21.77 |
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Amazon.com Books: James Madison audiobook
A Choice Magazine "Outstanding Academic Book for 1996" Co-winner of the 1997 Merle Curti Award in American Intellectual History from the Organization of American Historians "Brilliant and original. . . . The Sacred Fire of Liberty is a challenging book, bristling with ideas and filled with fine shades of emphasis and meaning. Yet there is . . . no jargon or academic obfuscation, and the attentive reader should have no trouble following the argument."--Evan Cornog, New York Times Book Review "No one who has followed Banning's account of Madison's development . . . will read The Federalist or plot the trajectory of his career in quite the same way again. This is no small achievement."--Edmund S. Morgan, The New Republic "Well researched and eloquently rendered. . . . An essential addition to the scholarship on the New Republic."--Library Journal 
In James Madison and the Making of America, historian Kevin Gutzman looks beyond the way James Madison is traditionally seen-as "The Father of the Constitution”-to find a more complex and sometimes contradictory portrait of this influential Founding Father and the ways in which he influenced the spirit of today's United States. Instead of an idealized portrait of Madison, Gutzman treats listeners to the flesh-and-blood story of a man who often performed his founding deeds in spite of himself: Madison's fame rests on his participation in the writing of The Federalist Papers and his role in drafting the Bill of Rights and Constitution.Today, his contribution to those documents is largely misunderstood. Madison thought that the Bill of Rights was unnecessary and insisted that it not be included in the Constitution, a document he found entirely inadequate and predicted would soon fail. He helped to create the first American political party, the first party to call itself Republican”, but only after he had argued that political parties, in general, were harmful. Madison served as Secretary of State and then as President during the early years of the United States and the War of 1812; however, the American foreign policy he implemented in 18011817 ultimately resulted in the British burning down the Capitol and the White House.In so many ways, the contradictions both in Madison's thinking and in the way he governed foreshadowed the conflicted state of our Union now. His greatest legacy-the disestablishment of Virginia's state church and adoption of the libertarian Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom-is often omitted from discussion of his career. Yet, understanding the way in which Madison saw the relationship between the church and state is key to understanding the real man. Kevin Gutzman's James Madison and the Making of America promises to become the standard biography of our fourth President. Author: Kevin R. C. Gutzman Audio CD: Audiobook, MP3 Audio, Unabridged Company: Tantor Media (2012-02-27) ISBN: 1452656347 List Price: $29.99 Amazon Price: $19.79 
At last, the rest of the story... Ten years and twelve million copies after the first printing of The Bridges of Madison County, Robert James Waller brings to a poignant conclusion his story of the love affair between a wandering photographer and the conventional wife of an Iowa farmer. In A Thousand Country Roads, Robert Kincaid initially finds himself with little but memories–memories of a lonely existence lived mostly on the road and memories of Francesca Johnson, the woman whose passion he stirred so briefly and with such power. Kincaid takes to the road again in what becomes a journey of discovery and surprise. With his dog Highway beside him, Kincaid begins a long winding run back to Roseman Bridge in Madison County, Iowa, returning to the place of his great love affair. Living her own solitary life, Francesca still visits Roseman Bridge and reflects on her days and nights with Robert Kincaid. Cherishing the memory of the strange wandering man who changed her world, she vows to search for him.Author: Robert James Waller Audio CD: Audiobook, CD, Unabridged Company: CD Unabridged Library Edition (2002-04-23) (2002-04-23) ISBN: 1590862678 List Price: $69.25 Amazon Price: Used Price: $15.15 
The legendary love story, the bestselling hardcover novel of all time, and the major motion picture starring Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep. This is the story of Robert Kincaid, the photographer and free spirit searching for the covered bridges of Madison County, and Francesca Johnson, the farm wife waiting for fulfillment of a girlhood dream. It shows readers what it is to love and be loved so intensely that life is never the same again.Author: Robert James Waller Mass Market Paperback: 224 pages Company: Grand Central Publishing (1995-09-01) ISBN: 0446364495 List Price: $6.99 Amazon Price: $2.21 Used Price: $0.01 
As featured on The Glenn Beck Show. Tempest at Dawn is on the Glenn Beck Reading List.The United States is on the brink of total collapse. The military has been reduced to near extinction, economic turmoil saps hope, and anarchy threatens as world powers hover like vultures, eager to devour the remains. In a desperate move, a few powerful men call a secret meeting to plot the overthrow of the government. Fifty-five men came to Philadelphia in May of 1787 with a congressional charter to revise the Articles of Confederation. Instead they founded the longest lasting republic in world history. Tempest at Dawn tells their story. Author: James D. Best Paperback: 432 pages ISBN13: 9781604943443, Condition: New, Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold! Company: Wheatmark (2010-02-15) ISBN: 1604943440 List Price: $28.95 Amazon Price: $17.15 Used Price: $16.81 
Paul Jennings was born into slavery on the plantation of James and Dolley Madison in Virginia, later becoming part of the Madison household staff at the White House. Once finally emancipated by Senator Daniel Webster later in life, he would give an aged and impoverished Dolley Madison, his former owner, money from his own pocket, write the first White House memoir, and see his sons fight with the Union Army in the Civil War. He died a free man in northwest Washington at 75. Based on correspondence, legal documents, and journal entries rarely seen before, this amazing portrait of the times reveals the mores and attitudes toward slavery of the nineteenth century, and sheds new light on famous characters such as James Madison, who believed the white and black populations could not coexist as equals; French General Lafayette who was appalled by this idea; Dolley Madison, who ruthlessly sold Paul after her husband's death; and many other since forgotten slaves, abolitionists, and civil right activists. Author: Elizabeth Dowling Taylor Hardcover: 336 pages Company: Palgrave Macmillan (2012-01-03) (2012-01-03) ISBN: 0230108938 List Price: $28.00 Amazon Price: $15.80 Used Price: $15.80 
The Amazing True Story of the Election That Saved the Constitution In 1789, James Madison and James Monroe ran against each other for Congressthe only time that two future presidents have contested a congressional seat. But what was at stake, as author Chris DeRose reveals in Founding Rivals: Madison vs. Monroe, the Bill of Rights, and the Election That Saved a Nation, was more than personal ambition. This was a race that determined the future of the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the very definition of the United States of America. Friends and political allies for most of their lives, Madison was the Constitution’s principal author, Monroe one of its leading opponents. Monroe thought the Constitution gave the federal government too much power and failed to guarantee fundamental rights. Madison believed that without the Constitution, the United States would not survive. It was the most important congressional race in American history, more important than all but a few presidential elections, and yet it is one that historians have virtually ignored. In Founding Rivals, DeRose, himself a political strategist who has fought campaigns in Madison and Monroe’s district, relives the campaign, retraces the candidates’ footsteps, and offers the first insightful, comprehensive history of this high-stakes political battle. DeRose reveals: How Madison’s election ensured the passage of a Bill of Rightsand how Monroe’s election would have ensured its failure How Madison came from behind to win a narrow victory (by a margin of only 336 votes) in a district gerrymandered against him How the Bill of Rights emerged as a campaign promise to Virginia’s evangelical Christians Why Madison’s defeat might have led to a new Constitutional Conventionand the breakup of the United States Founding Rivals tells the extraordinary, neglected story of two of America’s most important Founding Fathers. Brought to life by unparalleled research, it is one of the most provocative books of American political history you will read this year. Author: Chris DeRose Hardcover: 336 pages Company: Regnery History (2011-11-14) ISBN: 159698192X List Price: $27.95 Amazon Price: $14.44 Used Price: $14.44
James Madison led one of the most influential and prolific lives in American history, and his storyalthough all too often overshadowed by his more celebrated contemporariesis integral to that of the nation. Madison helped to shape our country as perhaps no other Founder: collaborating on the Federalist Papers and the Bill of Rights, resisting government overreach by assembling one of the nation’s first political parties (the Republicans, who became today’s Democrats), and taking to the battlefield during the War of 1812, becoming the last president to lead troops in combat. In this penetrating biography, eminent historian Richard Brookhiser presents a vivid portrait of the Father of the Constitution,” an accomplished yet humble statesman who nourished Americans’ fledgling liberty and vigorously defended the laws that have preserved it to this day. Author: Richard Brookhiser Hardcover: 304 pages Company: Basic Books (2011-09-27) ISBN: 0465019838 List Price: $26.99 Amazon Price: $12.58 Used Price: $9.95 Author: Robert James Waller
Audio Cassette: Company: Warner Books (1993-08) ISBN: 0446518387 List Price: Amazon Price: $8.00 
Originally published anonymously, The Federalist Papers first appeared in 1787 as a series of letters to New York newspapers exhorting voters to ratify the proposed Constitution of the United States. Still hotly debated and open to often controversial interpretations, the arguments first presented here by three of America's greatest patriots and political theorists were created during a critical moment in our nation's history, providing readers with a running ideological commentary on the crucial issues facing a democracy. Today, The Federalist Papers are as important and vital a rallying cry for freedom as ever. Author: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay Audio CD: Audiobook, MP3 Audio, Unabridged Company: Tantor Media (2010-12-24) ISBN: 1452650209 List Price: $34.99 Amazon Price: $21.61 Used Price: $60.29 |
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