Brookhiser, Richard.
Summary: James Madison led one of the most influential and prolific lives in American history, and his story—although all too often overshadowed by his more celebrated contemporaries—is integral to that of the nation. Madison helped to shape our country as perhaps no other Founder: collaborating on the Federalist Papers and the Bill of Rights, resisting government overreach by assembling one of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2011
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2002
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2002
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Summary: An award-winning historian recounts the history of American liberty through the stories of twelve essential documents. Nationalism is inevitable: It supplies feelings of belonging, identity, and recognition. It binds us to our neighbors and tells us who we are. But increasingly-from the United States to India, from Russia to Burma-nationalism is being invoked for unworthy ends: to disdain...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2019
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Summary: In Founders’ Son, celebrated historian Richard Brookhiser presents a compelling new biography of Abraham Lincoln that highlights his lifelong struggle to carry on the work of the Founding Fathers. Following Lincoln from his humble origins in Kentucky to his assassination in Washington, D.C., Brookhiser shows us every side of the man: laborer, lawyer, congressman, president; storyteller, wit,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2014
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Summary: Chronicles the life and career of the fourth American president, including his work constructing the U.S. Constitution, his role in shaping American politics, his influence on partisan journalism, and his leadership during the War of 1812.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2011
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Summary: A biography of the first President of the United States.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 1996
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2004