UsedGood. ISBN 145168858X 9781451688580 [US]

UsedGood. Shows minimal wear such as frayed or folded edges, minor rips and tears, and/or slightly worn binding. May have stickers and/or contain inscription on title page. No observed missing pages. ISBN 145168858X 9781451688580 [US]

Simon & Schuster, Date: 2015-02-10. 3rd print. hardcover. very good/fine. 6x1x9. NOT an ex library book. Name stamp on front endpaper. 419 pages including the index. Dust jacket has no chips or tears, price is not clipped. Simon & Schuster ISBN 145168858X 9781451688580 [US]

Simon & Schuster, Date: 2015-02-09. First edition, complete line of . hardcover. fine/fine. 6x1x9. NOT an ex library book. 419 pages including the index. Dust jacket has no chips or tears, price is not clipped. Simon & Schuster ISBN 145168858X 9781451688580 [US]

First edition, first printing hardcover, which is in fine condition and signed and inscribed by the author. Please see photos for condition. Materials from National Archives event at which author signed book included. Seller will carefully wrap book in bubble wrap, box it, and ship it with tracking.Historian David O. Stewart restores James Madison to his proper place as the most significant Founding Father and framer of the new nation: "A fascinating look at how one unlikely figure managed to help guide…a precarious confederation of reluctant states to a self-governing republic that has prospered for more than two centuries" (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 Constitution's ratification; Madison who joined Thomas Jefferson to found the nation'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 ...