James Madison
(2011)

Nonfiction

eAudiobook

Provider: hoopla

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PUBLISHED
[United States] : Tantor Media, Inc. : Made available through hoopla, 2011
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (1 audio file (600 min.)) : digital

ISBN/ISSN
9781452625577 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) MWT11248937, 1452625573 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 11248937
LANGUAGE
English
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Read by Norman Dietz

James Madison led one of the most influential and prolific lives in American history, and his story—although all too often overshadowed by his more celebrated contemporaries—is 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

Mode of access: World Wide Web

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