For the People, for the Country: Patrick Henry's Final Political Battle

by John A. Ragosta

In 1799, at the behest of President George Washington, Patrick Henry came out of retirement to defend the Constitution that he had once opposed and to thwart Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, whom Washington accused of putting party over country and threatening the fragile union. For the People, For the Country tells the remarkable story of how the most eloquent public speaker of the American Revolutionary era and a leading antifederalist...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813950228
• ISBN13: 9780813950228
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.4"