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Becoming Madison

The Extraordinary Origins of the Least Likely Founding Father

by Michael Signer
David Colacci
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In Becoming Madison, Michael Signer takes a fresh look at the life of our fourth president. His focus is on Madison before he turned thirty-six, the years in which he did his most enduring work: battling with Patrick Henry—the most charismatic politician in revolutionary America, whose political philosophy and ruthless tactics eerily foreshadowed those of today's Tea Party—over religious freedom; introducing his framework for a strong central government; becoming the intellectual godfather of the Constitution; and providing a crucial role at Virginia's convention to ratify the Constitution in 1788, when the nation's future hung in the balance.


Signer's young James Madison is a role model for leaders today: a man who overcame daunting personal issues (including crippling anxiety attacks) to battle an entrenched and vicious status quo. His analysis of "Madison's Method," the means by which Madison systematically destroyed dangerous ideas and left in their stead an enduring and positive vision for the United States, is wholly original and uniquely relevant today.

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    April 30, 2015

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      • ISBN: 9781494592264
      • File size: 369665 KB
      • Duration: 12:50:08

  • Languages

    • English

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    • AudioFile Magazine
      David Colacci splendidly narrates Signer's discussion of how James Madison--a relative unknown compared to Jefferson, Washington, and Adams--operated in the political sphere. Signer's account describes in detail Madison's youth and education as well as his contributions to the Constitutional Convention of 1787, particularly his successful efforts on behalf of the federalists, which culminated in the ratification of the Constitution. The author also looks at Madison's contemporaries, especially Patrick Henry, using Henry as a foil to Madison. Colacci's baritone voice is expertly modulated, and his pacing is easy to follow and engaging. M.T.F. © AudioFile 2015, Portland, Maine

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