James Madison - A biography in his own words (The Founding Fathers)

by James Madison

Book Overview

A revealing book about a major American statesman has been compiled from the definitive edition of the papers of James Madison currently being published by the University of Chicago Press. Lengthy... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0882250477
• ISBN13: 9780882250472
• Release Date: January 1974
• Publisher: Newsweek
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Valuable life-in-letters approach

The other reviewer apparently had only volume 2 of the two-volume gift edition of this book issued for subscribers. The book appeared in that format and in a one-volume trade edition. I have the trade edition and I can vouch for its valuable blending of text by Merrill Peterson, a sage and worthy scholar of this period, and letters and other writings by Madison himself. This is one of the best volumes in the short-lived NEWSWEEK "The Founding Fathers" series.