The Last of the Fathers: James Madison & The Republican Legacy - Softcover

McCoy, Drew R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521407729 ISBN 13: 9780521407724

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1991

Synopsis

James Madison survived longer than any other member of the most remarkable generation of political leaders in American history. Born in the middle of the eighteenth century as a subject of King George II, the Father of the United States Constitution lived until 1836, when he died a citizen of Andrew Jackson's republic. For over forty years he played a pivotal role in the creation and defense of a new political order. He lived long enough to see even that Revolutionary world transformed, and the system of government he had nurtured threatened by the disruptive forces of a new era that would ultimately lead to civil war. In recounting the experience of Madison and several of his legatees who witnessed the violent test of whether his republic could endure, McCoy dramatizes the actual working out in human lives of critical cultural and political issues.

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Book Description:

In recounting the experience of Madison and several of his legatees who witnessed the violent test of whether his republic could endure, this study dramatizes the human side of critical cultural and political issues.

From the Back Cover:

'What makes this thoroughly researched study all the more enjoyable is McCoy's accomplishment as a biographer. He knows Madison; he is acquainted with the man rather than with an historical figure. As a result, the reader stands beside Madison in the stormy, antebellum decades.' -- James Robertson in the Richmond News Leader.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0521407729
• ISBN 13: 9780521407724
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 408