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Triumvirate : the story of the unlikely alliance that saved the Constitution and united the nation / Bruce Chadwick.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chadwick, Bruce.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Alliances.
- United States--Politics and government--1783-1789.
- United States.
- Politics and government.
- Constitutional history--United States.
- Constitutional history.
- Madison, James, 1751-1836.
- Madison, James.
- Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804.
- Hamilton, Alexander.
- Jay, John, 1745-1829.
- Jay, John.
- Alliances--Case studies.
- New York (State)--Politics and government--1775-1865.
- New York (State).
- Pennsylvania--Politics and government--1775-1865.
- Pennsylvania.
- Massachusetts--Politics and government--1775-1865.
- Massachusetts.
- Virginia--Politics and government--1775-1865.
- Virginia.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 324 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Naperville, Ill. : Sourcebooks, [2009]
- Summary:
- The gripping story of three Founding Fathers--Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay--who battled their own independence-loving people and created a united America.
- Contents:
- The important players
- Prelude : summer 1787, and the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia
- A fight brews
- The arrival of James Madison in a turbulent New York City
- The triumvirate
- The right to bear and keep arms
- The Federalist
- Newspaper support across the country
- A winter of worry
- Pennsylvania : the first tough skirmish
- Snowstorms and political storms : the fight in Massachusetts
- The fourth, silent member of the triumvirate : George Washington
- Virginia
- Virginia's wild convention begins
- New York : the final round in the tiny village of Poughkeepsie
- New York : into the stretch
- Aftermath.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [306]-316) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Herman V. Ames Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781402211362
- 1402211368
- 1402239327
- 9781402239328
- OCLC:
- 263408638
- Publisher Number:
- 99937925504
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