02146cam a2200361 4500 513464244 TxAuBib 20110407120000.0 081015s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2008043081 9781402211362 1402211368 TxAuBib Chadwick, Bruce. Triumvirate : the story of the unlikely alliance that saved the Constitution and united the nation / Bruce Chadwick. Naperville, Ill. : Sourcebooks, 2009. xviii, 324 p. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [306]-316) and index. The important players -- Prelude : summer 1787, and the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia -- A fight brews -- The arrival of James Madison in a turbulent New York City -- The triumvirate -- The right to bear and keep arms -- The Federalist -- Newspaper support across the country -- A winter of worry -- Pennsylvania : the first tough skirmish -- Snowstorms and political storms : the fight in Massachusetts -- The fourth, silent member of the triumvirate : George Washington -- Virginia -- Virginia's wild convention begins -- New York : the final round in the tiny village of Poughkeepsie -- New York : into the stretch -- Aftermath. The gripping story of three Founding Fathers--Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay--who battled their own independence-loving people and created a united America. 20180416. Madison, James 1751-1836. Hamilton, Alexander 1757-1804. Jay, John 1745-1829. Constitutional history United States. Alliances Case studies. United States Politics and government 1783-1789. New York (State) Politics and government 1775-1865. Pennsylvania Politics and government 1775-1865. Massachusetts Politics and government 1775-1865. Virginia Politics and government 1775-1865. Case Studies.