The First Congress
Subtitle: How James Madison, George Washington, and a Group of Extraordinary Men Invented the Government
By: Fergus M. Bordewich
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9781451691931
Subjects: Politics and government; United States; United States. Congress 1789-1791)
Description: The First Congress was the most important in US history, says prizewinning author and historian Fergus Bordewich, because it established how our government would actually function. Had it failed--as many at the time feared it would--it's possible that the United States as we know it would not exist today.
Notes: "Members of the First Federal Congress": pages xiii-xv.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-377) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface. Nebuchadnezzar's monster; title: An ocean always turbulent; title: The fostering hand of government; title: A new era; title: Pomp and quiddling; title: A very perplexing business; title: A great and delicate subject; title: Vile politicks; title: Propositions of a doubtful nature; title: Paper guarantees; title: A centre without parallel; title: Interlude I; title: The labyrinth of finance; title: A gross national iniquity; title: The trumpet of sedition; title: Cabals, meetings, plots, and counterplots; title: A southern position; title: Indians; title: Interlude II; title: Freedom's fav'rite seat; title: A most mischievous engine; title: Epilogue. American dawn.