Founding Rivals: Madison vs. Monroe, The Bill of Rights, and The Election that Saved a Nation

Founding Rivals: Madison vs. Monroe, The Bill of Rights, and The Election that Saved a Nation

by Chris DeRose
Founding Rivals: Madison vs. Monroe, The Bill of Rights, and The Election that Saved a Nation

Founding Rivals: Madison vs. Monroe, The Bill of Rights, and The Election that Saved a Nation

by Chris DeRose

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Overview

Explores how the 1789 congressional election between two future presidents with differing views on the Constitution and the Bill of Rights influenced the destiny of the United States.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781621570714
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Publication date: 05/20/2013
Series: Early America Collection
Sold by: SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format: eBook
Pages: 304
File size: 782 KB

About the Author

The list of Regnery authors reads like a "who's who" of conservative thought, action, and history.

Table of Contents

Prologue: Opening Days ix

Chapter 1 The Last Days of the Colony of Virginia 1

Chapter 2 The Soldier and the Statesman 17

Chapter 3 The World Turned Upside Down 39

Chapter 4 The In-between Days 55

Chapter 5 The Tedious Sessions 71

Chapter 6 Madison and Monroe 89

Chapter 7 A Prayer for America 109

Chapter 8 The Annapolis Disaster and the Road to Philadelphia 121

Chapter 9 Great Expectations 135

Chapter 10 A Rising or a Setting Sun? 151

Chapter 11 The Battle of Shockhoe Hill 167

Chapter 12 The Race for Ninth 187

Chapter 13 The Terrible Session 203

Chapter 14 The First Election 219

Chapter 15 The Federalist Endgame 241

Chapter 16 The "First Man" of the House: Passing the Bill of Rights 251

Epilogue: The Fourth of July 265

Acknowledgments 273

Notes 275

Index 299

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