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The Forgotten Founding Father

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James Madison seems to be getting his due these days.  Three new biographies have come out in the past year, including a succinct version by Richard Brookhiser, that has garnered much praise.  Others by Kevin Gutzman and Jeff Broadwater weigh in at a few more pages, which leads one to ponder when David McCollough or H.W. Brands will weigh in on Madison.  He is certainly a founding father worthy of more consideration.

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  1. James FergusonMay 27, 2012 at 11:36 AM

    I see Ralph Ketcham gave Madison his full due back int 1990, but I think I will probably go with Brookhiser biography, especially since I can read Ketcham online,

    http://books.google.lt/books?id=hCAjgs4mmQ4C&printsec=frontcover&dq=james+madison+biography&hl=en&sa=X&ei=N-fBT4OqBZDBswazpIHUCg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=james%20madison%20biography&f=false

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  2. avrdsMay 27, 2012 at 3:32 PM

    Didn't we read a bio of Madison here?

    Oh .... I just typed that and see Garry Wills' book, right next to the comment box.

    I am a big fan of Madison. Robert always referred to him as little Jimmy Madison. I looked at the links, and Rove endorses him (Brookhiser, not Madison) so what the heck?

    (A commenter at Amazon has a goal of reading a bio of all the presidents in order. That sounds like something I would try to do.)

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  3. avrdsMay 27, 2012 at 3:33 PM

    Speaking of Robert and presidential bios, any word from him?

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  4. James FergusonMay 27, 2012 at 6:23 PM

    Sadly, no. I wrote to him a couple weeks ago to let him know we were taking up Caro's latest book, but no response.

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