Contents

       Time Line of Events in the Life of James Madison, 1751–1789

       Introduction

      PART I

  1.  “Our Passions Are Like Torrents”

  2.  The Good Doctor

  3.  A Nexus Imperii

  4.  The High Tract of Public Life

  5.  “The Annals of Heaven”

  6.  “If This Be Treason, Make the Most of It!”

  7.  Suspending His Intellectual Functions

  8.  All Men Are Equally Entitled

  9.  Councilor to Governor Henry

10.  “Distrust of the Public Ability”

PART II

11.  A Defect of Adequate Statesmen

12.  The Coercive Power

13.  A Sad Reunion

14.  Kitty

15.  A Remonstrance

16.  Solitude and Reform

17.  “A Little Rebellion”

18.  The Vices

19.  “On My Right & Left Hand”

20.  The Campaign Begins

21.  Several Mad Freaks

PART III

22.  Ratification in Richmond

23.  Extremely Feeble

24.  Bugbears and Hobgoblins

25.  The Revelations of Zachariah Johnson

26.  Retaliation

27.  Sedition

       Epilogue

       Conclusion

       Acknowledgments

       Notes

       Index