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The First Congress : how James Madison, George Washington, and a group of extraordinary men invented the government
Title
The First Congress : how James Madison, George Washington, and a group of extraordinary men invented the government / Fergus M. Bordewich.
ISBN
9781451691931
1451691939
9781451692136
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Publication
New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2016.
Copyright Notice Date
©2016.
Physical Description
xv, 396 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Summary
"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,"--NoveList.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 23, 2016
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [317]-377) and index.
Contents
Preface: Nebuchadnezzar's monster
An ocean always turbulent
The fostering hand of government
A new era
Pomp and quiddling
A very perplexing business
A great and delicate subject
Vile politics
Propositions of a doubtful nature
Paper guarantees
A centre without parallel
Interlude I
The labyrinth of finance
A gross national iniquity
The trumpet of sedition
Cabals, meetings, plots & counterplots
A southern position
Indians
Interlude II
Freedom's favorite seat
A most mischievous engine
Epilogue: American dawn.
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