FEBRUARY 2012 HISTORY BOOK CLUB MAIN SELECTION
James Madison and the Making of America
“The serious reader who wants a detailed account of James Madison’s long public career, drawn from primary sources, will find Kevin Gutzman’s book deeply rewarding. The author’s treatments of Virginia’s ratification convention and the drafting of the Bill of Rights are particularly valuable.”
—Daniel Walker Howe, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815–1848
Kirkus Reviews:"Authoritative account of the public career of James Madison (1751-1836).... A well-considered and -written biography of this gifted Founding Father's many contributions to the early republic."
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About Kevin R. C. Gutzman
New York Times best-selling author Kevin R. C. Gutzman is a professor of
history at Western Connecticut State University, Gutzman holds a bachelor's degree, a master of public affairs degree, and a law degree from the University of Texas at Austin, as well as an MA and a PhD in American history from the University of Virginia.
Happy to be a former attorney, Gutzman devotes his intellectual energy to teaching courses in the Revolutionary and constitutional history of the United States, to writing books and articles in these fields, and to public speaking on related topics.
Kosmos Podcast: Virginia's American Revolution Interview, October 11, 2011