num_pages: 737
description: The best one volume biography of Madison s life, Ketcham s biography not only traces Madison s career, it gives readers a sense of the man. As Madison said of his early years in Virginia under the study of Donald Robertson, who introduced him to thinkers like Montaigne and Montesquieu, "all that I have been in life I owe largely to that man." It also captures a side of Madison that is less rarely on display (including a portrait of the beautiful Dolley Madison).
language: English
title: James Madison: A Biography
titlecomplete: James Madison: A Biography
characters: Dolley Madison, James Madison
genres: American Revolution, Historical, History, Presidents, American History, Biography Memoir, Biography, Us Presidents, Nonfiction, Politics
ratings_count: 4180
awards: awardedAt: 63100800000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Biography
publisher: American Political Biography Press