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The Original Argument: The Federalists' Case for the Constitution, Adapted for the 21st Century

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UPC:
9781451650617
Maximum Purchase:
2 units
Binding:
Paperback
Publication Date:
2011-06-14
Release Date:
2011-06-14
Author:
Glenn Beck
Language:
english
Edition:
Original
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Glenn Beck revisited Thomas Paines famous pre-Revolutionary War call to action in his #1 New York Times bestseller Glenn Becks Common Sense. Now he brings his historical acumen and political savvy to this fresh, new interpretation of The Federalist Papers, the 18th-century collection of political essays that defined and shaped our Constitution and laid bare the original argument between states rights and big federal government--a debate as relevant and urgent today as it was at the birth of our nation.

Adapting a selection of these essential essays--pseudonymously authored by the now well-documented triumvirate of Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay--for a contemporary audience, Glenn Beck has had them reworked into modern English so as to be thoroughly accessible to anyone seeking a better understanding of the Founding Fathers intent and meaning when laying the groundwork of our government. Beck provides his own illuminating commentary and annotations and, for a number of the essays, has brought together the viewpoints of both liberal and conservative historians and scholars, making this a fair and insightful perspective on the historical works that remain the primary source for interpreting Constitutional law and the rights of American citizens.