{"product_id":"james-madison-a-biography-9780813912653","title":"James Madison: A Biography","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe best one volume biography of Madison's life, Ketcham's biography not only traces Madison's career, it gives readers a sense of the man. As Madison said of his early years in Virginia under the study of Donald Robertson, who introduced him to thinkers like Montaigne and Montesquieu, \"all that I have been in life I owe largely to that man.\" It also captures a side of Madison that is less rarely on display (including a portrait of the beautiful Dolley Madison).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRalph Ketcham is Professor of American Studies, Political Science, and Public Affairs, the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University. His most recent publications are Presidents above Party: The First American Presidency, 1789-1829 and Individualism and Public Life: An American Dilemma.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Virginia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50648912757010,"sku":"9780813912653","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_eaa1bec1-c7da-48c6-b03c-fa85438e32a1.jpg?v=1733252597","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/james-madison-a-biography-9780813912653","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}