The Sacred Fire of Liberty
Subtitle: James Madison and the Founding of the Federal Republic
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: March 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 543
ISBN-13: 9780801485244
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Biography: general; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; U.S. History - Revolution And Confederation (1775-1789); U.S. History - Constitutional Period To Civil War (1789-1860); History; History - U.S.; History: American; USA; United States - 19th Century; Historical - U.S.; Presidents & Heads of State; United States - Revolutionary War
First sentence: IN 1834, WHEN HE WAS EIGHTY-THREE and many years into a vigorous retirement from a brilliant public life, a correspondent called James Madison the "author" of the Constitution.