Founding Friendship: George Washington, James Madison, and the Creation of the Amgeorge Washington, James Madison, and the Creation of the

by Stuart Leibiger

Book Overview

Although the friendship between George Washington and James Madison was eclipsed in the early 1790s by the alliances of Madison with Jefferson and Washington with Hamilton, their collaboration remains... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813918820
• ISBN13: 9780813918822
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

An informative examination of the two key founders

Few books have treated this topic, Madison and Washington's collaboration, and this is an excellent treatment. Unravelling the waxing and waning of this relationship serves well those interested in the Federalist Era. The scholarship is obvious, and the presentaion is good. Those interested in the unfoldings of the Republic must pay attention to the Father of the Country, and his relationship to the Father of the Constituion. Liebiger allows an enormous view of Washington's dignity as a statesman, and Madison's erudition in the realm of Constituion building, amongst other federalist era realtionships, this collaboration was as crucial as any, and a topic long overdue.