"Well acquainted with books"
Subtitle: the founding framers of 1787 : with James Madison's list of books for Congress
By: by Robert A. Rutland.
Contributors: Center for the Book.
Publisher: Library of Congress
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 95
Subjects: Madison, James, 1751-1836 -- Books and reading; United States. -- Signers -- Books and reading; Library of Congress -- History; Legislators -- Books and reading -- United States -- History -- 18th century; Books and reading -- United States -- History -- 18th century; Government libraries -- United States -- Book lists
Description: This volume contains a surprisingly comprehensive list of books that Congressman James Madison thought were needed by the first national legislature.
Notes: "A Publication of the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, sponsored by the Center for the Book and the U.S. Department of Education"--Verso t.p.