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James Madison and the struggle for the Bill of Rights

Today we hold the Constitution in such high regard that we can hardly imagine how hotly contested was its adoption. In fact, many of the thirteen states saw fierce debate over the document, and ratification was by no means certain. Virginia, the largest and most influential state, approved the Constitution by the barest of margins, and only after an epic political battle between James Madison and Patrick Henry. Now Richard Labunski offers a dramatic account of a time when the entire American experiment hung in the balance, only to be saved by the most unlikely of heroes--the diminutive and exc.

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  • "Describes James Madison's role in the formation of the Bill of Rights, from convincing Virginia to ratify the Constitution by promising them a Bill of Rights, to winning a seat in Congress and forcing his bill through it."
  • "Traces the efforts by James Madison between 1787 and 1789 as he battled anti-Federalist Patrick Henry to secure Virginia's ratification of the new Constitution, won the election to the House of Representatives, and secured the creation of the Bill of Rights."
  • "Today we hold the Constitution in such high regard that we can hardly imagine how hotly contested was its adoption. In fact, many of the thirteen states saw fierce debate over the document, and ratification was by no means certain. Virginia, the largest and most influential state, approved the Constitution by the barest of margins, and only after an epic political battle between James Madison and Patrick Henry. Now Richard Labunski offers a dramatic account of a time when the entire American experiment hung in the balance, only to be saved by the most unlikely of heroes--the diminutive and exc."@en

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  • "James Madison and the struggle for the bill of rights"
  • "James Madison and the struggle for the Bill of Rights"
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  • "James Madison and the struggle for the "Bill of Rights""

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