Fergus M. Bordewich is the author of several books, among them America's Great Debate: Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the Compromise That Preserved the Union, which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in history. His articles have appeared in many magazines and newspapers. He lives in San Francisco. Visit him at FergusBordewich.com.
"Fergus Bordewich paints a compelling portrait of the first,
critical steps of the American republic, a perilous time when
Congress - a body that has proved naturally contentious and
short-sighted - had to be wise, and it was. The First Congress
deftly blends many voices and stories into an elegant and gripping
tale of a triumph of self-government."--David O. Stewart, author of
Madison's Gift: Five Partnerships That Built America and The Summer
of 1787: The Men Who Invented the Constitution
"Fergus M. Bordewich has transformed the recent
multivolumecollection of sources on the First Federal Congress into
a livelynarrative. . . . The First Congress is a perfect example of
what a verygood writer can do with these raw materials."--Carol
Berkin "The New York Times Book Review "
"The story of how these flawed but brilliant men managed to put the
theory of the Constitution into actual practice and create a
functioning government is the subject of Fergus M. Bordewich's
fascinating The First Congress."--Tom Moran "The Chicago Tribune
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"With his highly informative The First Congress, historian Fergus
M. Bordewich joins the ranks of familiar authors like Joseph Ellis,
David McCullough, Fred Kaplan and others, whose biographies and
studies of early American history have captivated so many. . . .
Bordewich combines fascinating biography with a detailed account of
the three sessions of Congress that ran from 1789-1791 and
established the institutions and protocols that we follow
today."--Tony Lewis "The Providence Journal "
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