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Triumvirate, the story of the unlikely alliance that saved the Constitution and united the nation, Bruce Chadwick

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

contains biographical information

index present

non fiction

Triumvirate

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Bruce Chadwick

the story of the unlikely alliance that saved the Constitution and united the nation

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