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

Chadwick, Bruce. (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9781402211362 :
Physical Description: 324 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher: Naperville, Ill. : Sourcebooks, [2009]
Copyright: ©2009

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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.