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James Madison: A Biography

Ralph Ketcham

Reprint of the biography first published in 1971 (Macmillan), with the addition of a new preface by the author. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

BiographyBiography · medium confidenceBiography81 signalsLlm Classifier: Biography -> BiographyAward Category: National Book Award for Biography -> BiographyAward Category: Biography -> BiographyPresidential Biography

Award History

0 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
National Book Award for BiographyMajor1972FinalistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    • James Madison90%

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    No argument inferred with sufficient confidence.

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    30 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 55%.