Madison and Jefferson
- ISBN-10
- 0812979001
- ISBN-13
- 9780812979008
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 808
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-01-15
- Publisher
- Random House Incorporated
- Authors
- Andrew Burstein, Nancy Isenberg
Description
A provocative analysis of the historically pivotal friendship between the third and fourth presidents offers insight into their complex characters while presenting a sobering assessment of how politics were conducted in the country's early years.
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