The First Congress : how James Madison, George Washington, and a group of extraordinary men invented the government /

"The little known story of perhaps the most productive Congress in American history, the First Federal Congress of 1789-1791. The First Congress was the most important in American history, says prizewinning author and historian Fergus Bordewich, because it established how our government would a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bordewich, Fergus M. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, [2016]
Edition:First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Nebuchadnezzar's monster
  • An ocean always turbulent
  • The fostering hand of government
  • A new era
  • Pomp and quiddling
  • A very perplexing business
  • A great and delicate subject
  • Vile politics
  • Propositions of a doubtful nature
  • Paper guarantees
  • A centre without parallel
  • Interlude I
  • The labyrinth of finance
  • A gross national iniquity
  • The trumpet of sedition
  • Cabals, meetings, plots & counterplots
  • A southern position
  • Indians
  • Interlude II
  • Freedom's favorite seat
  • A most mischievous engine
  • Epilogue: American dawn.