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Madison and Jefferson by Andrew Burstein & Nancy Isenberg
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Madison and Jefferson

by Andrew Burstein & Nancy Isenberg

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“The book identifies awkward truths that generations of patriotic mythmakers have avoided facing. It’s a story of country gentlemen practicing hardball politics. We think of democracy as something open and above board, but both Madison and Jefferson came to believe that political progress was best arranged in secret.” Read more...

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