
Madison's Gift
Five Partnerships That Built America
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Grover Gardner
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David Stewart
Short, plain, balding, neither soldier nor orator, low on charisma and high on intelligence, Madison cared more about achieving results than taking the credit. To reach his lifelong goal of a self-governing constitutional republic, he blended his talents with those of key partners. It was Madison who led the drive for the Constitutional Convention and pressed for an effective new government as his patron, George Washington, lent the effort legitimacy; Madison who wrote the Federalist Papers with Alexander Hamilton to secure the Constitution's ratification; Madison who corrected the greatest blunder of the Constitution by drafting and securing passage of the Bill of Rights with Washington's support; Madison who joined Thomas Jefferson to found the nation's first political party and move the nation toward broad democratic principles; Madison, with James Monroe, who guided the new nation through its first war in 1812, really its Second War of Independence; and it was Madison who handed the reins of government to the last of the Founders, his old friend and sometime rival Monroe.
These were the main characters in his life. But it was his final partnership that allowed Madison to escape his natural shyness and reach the greatest heights. Dolley was the woman he married in middle age and who presided over both him and an enlivened White House. This partnership was a love story, a unique one that sustained Madison through his political rise, his presidency, and a fruitful retirement.
©2015 Originial Material. Recorded by arrangement with David O. Stewart c/o Lippincott Massie McQuilkin (P)2015 HighBridge, a division of Recorded BooksListeners also enjoyed...




















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IF you are really interested in history and that of the Founding Fathers of our Country then you should really enjoy this book.The Founding Father's Gift: Our Country!!!
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The gift to our heritage
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Nevertheless, this book is a very well constructed story and is easy to listen to and learn from.
A good summary of the high-minded Madison
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Very enjoyable.
Fantastic
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One of my favorite books
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His last "partnership" is poorly supported, as Dolley does not appear central to the story he tells in part five. This was a disappointment.
I did appreciate finding out further information about James Monroe. I had little interest in reading a biography about him specifically, as he has never seemed particularly interesting. this piqued my interest somewhat.
meh
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Great Book of America's Ambiguities
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Reading Several Histories of the Nation's Founding
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Job of providing the reader with a “just the facts” approach. Author does a good job laying out the conflicts effecting the young nation. The structure: Madison’s relationship with other founders and of course his wife.
My recommendation here is for the readers to grasp the times. We often romanticize our founders, the reality is that these great men were extremely smart, passionate and human with sometimes brutal disagreements. The miracle that these men could be put together to create our system is a miracle.
I would be remiss on not mentioning that the book does cover slavery and Madison’s tortured response to the issue. I recognize this is a passionate area, but one must look again at early 18th century world and America where slavery at that time was the norm and its repeal was only gaining steel in the last 50 years prior. Fascinating was some of his ideas (mostly bad - certainly from 21st century eyes) on how to eliminate. From sending slaves back to Africa
to using monies from Western lands sales to purchase freedom for slaves certainly fancies the imagination of what could have been and at the same time recognize the entirely difficult political situation which which would ultimately end in civil war disaster. What is clear is the situation tortured Madison as this genius could
not find a politically feasible answer.
In short a great book from cover to cover!
A fantastic book; good insights
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-1star for treatment of slavery
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