Research Catalog

Title

Triumvirate : the story of the unlikely alliance that saved the constitution and united the nation / Bruce Chadwick.

Author

Chadwick, Bruce

Publication

Naperville, Ill. : Sourcebooks, 2010

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Details

Description

xviii, 324 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

The gripping story of three founding fathers--Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay--who battled their own independence-loving people and created a united America.

Subject

• Madison, James, 1751-1836
• Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804
• Jay, John, 1745-1829
• 1775-1865
• Constitutional history > United States
• Alliances > Case studies
• United States > Politics and government > 1783-1789
• New York (State) > Politics and government > 1775-1865
• Pennsylvania > Politics and government > 1775-1865
• Massachusetts > Politics and government > 1775-1865
• Virginia > Politics and government > 1775-1865

Genre/Form

• Case studies
• Études de cas.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [306]-316) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The important players -- Prelude : summer 1787, and the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia -- A fight brews -- The arrival of James Madison in a turbulent New York City -- The triumvirate -- The right to bear and keep arms -- The Federalist -- Newspaper support across the country -- A winter of worry -- Pennsylvania : the first tough skirmish -- Snowstorms and political storms : the fight in Massachusetts -- The fourth, silent member of the triumvirate : George Washington -- Virginia -- Virginia's wild convention begins -- New York : the final round in the tiny village of Poughkeepsie -- New York : into the stretch -- Aftermath.

ISBN

• 1402239327
• 9781402239328

OCLC

263408638

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library