Books written by Jeff Broadwater

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  George Mason, Forgotten Founder

  As would Gunston Hall, Truro Parish became one of the constants of Mason's life. He remained on the vestry until 1785, and he served four separate terms as a church warden.34 As a member of the Truro vestry in the established church, ...

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  Jefferson, Madison, and the Making of the Constitution

  47 After leaving Robertson's school, Madison spent two years with a private tutor, Thomas Martin, the rector of the nearby Brick Church, an Anglican parish where James Madison Sr. was a vestryman. Thomas Martin and his brother Alexander ...

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  James Madison: A Son of Virginia and a Founder of the Nation

  To his mind, these “obscurities” did not justify British intransigence.“ The arrival of a new British representative, Augustus John Foster, in July 1811 only drove the two sides farther apart. Foster now demanded not only more ...

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  North Carolina's Revolutionary Founders

  This collection of essays profiles a diverse array of North Carolinians, all of whom had a hand in the founding of the state and the United States of America.

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  James Madison: A Son of Virginia & a Founder of the Nation

  From Broadwater's view, no single figure can tell us more about the origins of the American republic than our fourth president.

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  George Mason, Forgotten Founder

  Broadwater shows that Mason was often driven by concerns about the abuse of political power, which went to the essence of the American experience. This is the first full biography of George Mason (1725-92) in a quarter-century.

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  George Mason, Forgotten Founder

  Illustrations. This is the first full biography of George Mason (1725-92) in a quarter-century.

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  James Madison: A Son of Virginia and a Founder of the Nation

  James Madison is remembered primarily as a systematic political theorist, but this bookish and unassuming man was also a practical politician who strove for balance in an age of revolution.

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  Eisenhower and the Anti-Communist Crusade

  The authoritative account of the critical second day's fighting at Gettysburg on 2 July 1863, as reconstructed by the former historian at Gettysburg National Military Park.

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  Eisenhower & the Anti-communist Crusade

  Jeff Broadwater provides a comprehensive survey of the Eisenhower administration's response to America's postwar Red Scare. He looks beyond Senator Joseph McCarthy's confrontations with Eisenhower to examine the administration's own...