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Wasteland Press
September 2011
On Sale: September 1, 2011
612 pages ISBN: 1600476139 EAN: 9781600476136 Kindle: B005LQ95E0 Hardcover / e-Book
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Mystery Historical | Romance Suspense
In his provacative, page-turning saga, For Love & Liberty,
Stephen M. Grimble skillfully interweaves early American
history with a poignant love story. He pays homage to the
Founding Fathers’ sacred trust – to secure the blessings of
liberty to posterity – through the actions of six
distinguished citizens who, out of concern for America’s
future, form the Madison Committee, named for the Father of
the Constitution, James Madison. Reb McCoy, retired business executive, decorated Vietnam
veteran, and philanthropist, agrees to chair the committee,
whose charter is to determine what can be done to restore
America to its founding principles: limited government,
individual liberty, and fiscal solvency. The Madison Committee proposes seven constitutional
amendments known as the Second Bill of Rights, designed to
curb the ever-expanding federal government and its runaway
spending. Acknowledging that Congress would never approve
these amendments, the committee sets out to secure
two-thirds of the state legislatures to petition Congress to
call a constitutional convention, the fi rst since 1787. The committee realizes it must become actively involved in
politics to have any chance of accomplishing its agenda.
With his beautiful wife Marlenna’s blessing, McCoy runs for
governor of Texas in 2014 and wins. He convinces many fellow
governors to urge their state legislatures to petition
Congress for a convention. Unanticipated events draw McCoy
reluctantly into the 2016 presidential election. By the time
the election is decided, more than two-thirds of the states
have petitioned Congress to call a constitutional
convention, but, fearing the loss of power, it fails to do so. In response to this breach of the Constitution and other
usurpations by the federal government, three states
seriously consider seceding from the United States and
forming a new constitutional republic. Read how McCoy and his colleagues try to ensure that the
current generation of Americans honors the Founders’
challenge to secure the blessings of liberty to posterity.
For Love & Liberty is a timely and cautionary tale, full of
drama, romance, and a perspective on history rarely found
anywhere.
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