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Film, Video Becoming Madison: The Extraordinary Origins of the Least Likely Founding Father

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Title

  • Becoming Madison: The Extraordinary Origins of the Least Likely Founding Father

Summary

  • Michael Signer crafted his biography of James Madison in a different way by focusing on the fourth president's youth. He characterized the book as "an intellectual and psychological biography of a young Madison before age 36."

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. Center for the Book, sponsoring body
  • Law Library of Congress (U.S.), sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2016-12-06.

Headings

  • -  Culture, Performing Arts
  • -  Education
  • -  Literature
  • -  James Madison, Founding Father, American History

Notes

  • -  Classification: Education.
  • -  Classification: General Works.
  • -  Classification: History: America.
  • -  Classification: Language and Literature.
  • -  Michael Signer.
  • -  Recorded on 2016-12-06.
  • -  Publishers.
  • -  Researchers.
  • -  Teachers.
  • -  Visitors.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021690378

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Center For The Book, and U.S Law Library Of Congress. Becoming Madison: The Extraordinary Origins of the Least Likely Founding Father. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -12-06, 2016. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021690378/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress, Library Of Congress. Center For The Book, S. B. & Law Library Of Congress, U. S. (2016) Becoming Madison: The Extraordinary Origins of the Least Likely Founding Father. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -12-06. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021690378/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Center For The Book, and U.S Law Library Of Congress. Becoming Madison: The Extraordinary Origins of the Least Likely Founding Father. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -12-06, 2016. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021690378/>.