Join us on Tuesday, August 24 at 6 pm for a community potluck and discussion. We’ll use Jean Fritz’s biography of President James Madison, “The Great Little Madison,” as a starting point as we talk about our town’s namesake and why our town’s founders chose to honor this Founding Father when the town was incorporated in 1852. Fritz’s book, a “brisk, highly accessible biography” (Publishers Weekly), is a good read for both children and adults.
Copies of the book are available to borrow at the library, but feel free to come to the potluck discussion whether or not you’ve read the book. Bring a dish to share, we’ll provide cold beverages.
Here are some resources about James Madison for further reading:
Library of Congress Web Guide: James Madison
Books available at the Madison Library:
- The Federalist Papers
- James Madison: Creating the American Constitution by Neal Riemer
- Founding Brothers and American Creation by Joseph J. Ellis
- Revolutionaries: A New History of the Invention of America by Jack Rakove