TY  - BOOK
AU  - Raphael,Ray
TI  - Mr. President: how and why the founders created a chief executive 
SN  - 9780307595270 (hardcover)
AV  - JK511 .R36 2012
U1  - 352.230973 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York
PB  - Alfred A. Knopf
KW  - Presidents
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 18th century
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1783-1809
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-309) and index; Part I. Precedents (for better and mostly worse): little gods on earth: monarchs and their governors; revolution and the retreat from executive authority -- Part II. Conjuring the office: first draft; second guesses; Gouverneur Morris's final push -- Part III. Field tests: selling the plan; the launch; Washington and the challenge to transcendent leadership; system failure: partisan politics and the election of 1800; Jefferson stretches the limits
ER  -