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Description edit
A Choice Magazine "Outstanding Academic Book for 1996" Co-winner of the 1997 Merle Curti Award in American Intellectual History from the Organization of American Historians "Brilliant and original. . . . The Sacred Fire of Liberty is a challenging book, bristling with ideas and filled with... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- James Madison: Add a description of this character.
- Thomas Jefferson
- Alexander Hamilton
- George Mason
- Patrick Henry
- Edmund Randolph
- James Monroe
- James Wilson
- John Adams
- William Grayson
- John Jay
- Richard Henry Lee
- Robert Morris
- Paterson
- Roger Sherman
- Locke
- Giles
- Shays
- Davila
- John Dickinson
- Goodhue
- Edmund Pendleton
Setting & Locations edit
- Virginia Plan
- United States
- New York City
- Washington
- America
- Philadelphia
- Massachusetts
- Mississippi River
- Great Britain
- Pennsylvania
- Kentucky
- France
- New Jersey
- New England
- Richmond
- Connecticut
- Potomac
- Maryland
- Europe
- Spain
- Delaware
- Atlantic
- Annapolis Convention
- South Carolina
- Union
- Rhode Island
- Montesquieu
- North Carolina
- Georgia
- West Indies
- Boston
- Princeton
- Lansing
- Greece
- Lafayette
- Susquehanna
- Congress
First Sentence edit
IN 1834, WHEN HE WAS EIGHTY-THREE and many years into a vigorous retirement from a brilliant public life, a correspondent called James Madison the "author" of the Constitution.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Lance Banning (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1995
ISBN: 0801431522
Page Count: 543
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1995
ISBN: 0801431522
Page Count: 543
Awards edit
- Merle Curti Award (1997)
- Pulitzer Prize (Finalist, 1996: History)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 973
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