James Madison and the Making of America Trade Paper Press Most kids love hide-and-seek

Most kids love hide-and-seek

and his tumultuous times are at the heart of this remarkable book about the man who rose from nothing to create the modern presidency

Classic Bible cover in faux leather

A convict with a thirst for revenge

is set in Puerto Rico and based on a childhood experience of the author's

James Madison and the Making of America Trade Paper Press Most kids love hide-and-seekIn James Madison and the Making of America, historian Kevin Gutzman looks beyond the way James Madison is traditionally seen as "The Father of the Constitution" to find a more complex and sometimes contradictory portrait of this influential Founding Father and the ways in which he influenced the spirit of today's United States. Instead of an idealized portrait of Madison, Gutzman treats readers to the flesh and blood story of a man who often performed