America's second revolution : how George Washington defeated Patrick Henry and saved the nation /
Unger, Harlow G.,1931-
Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons,
c2007.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-257) and index.
Victory's bitter fruits -- The great debate -- The great compromise -- "The seeds of civil discord" -- The road to ratification -- "Unite or die" -- "Words to my brother ploughjoggers" -- "A fig and a fiddle-stick's end" -- The language of secession -- On the wings of the tempest -- Birth of a nation -- One nation, divisible ...
Washington, George, 1732-1799.
Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799.
United States. Constitutional Convention (1787)
United States.
Constitutional history
Federal government