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For The People, For The Country: Patrick Henry'S Final Political Battle
University of Virginia Press
ISBN13:
9780813950228
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In 1799, at the behest of President George Washington, Patrick Henry came out of retirement to defend the Constitution that he had once opposed and to thwart Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, whom Washington accused of putting party over country and threatening the fragile union. For the People, For the Country tells the story of how the most eloquent public speaker of the American Revolutionary era and a leading antifederalist during debates over ratification of the Constitution re-emerged on the side of the Federalists and once again changed history--
- | Author: John A. Ragosta
- | Publisher: University Of Virginia Press
- | Publication Date: Aug 17, 2023
- | Number of Pages: 304 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover
- | ISBN-10: 0813950228
- | ISBN-13: 9780813950228
- Author:
- John A. Ragosta
- Publisher:
- University Of Virginia Press
- Publication Date:
- Aug 17, 2023
- Number of pages:
- 304 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10:
- 0813950228
- ISBN-13:
- 9780813950228