Publication

2014 - , New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

108,000 words, Guess

Page Count

432 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100486496368
  • ISBN-139780486496368
  • Library of Congress Control Number2014427091
  • OCLC Control Number866616032
  • Better World Books9780486496368
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCKF4515 .F4 2014
  • LCCKF4515

Description

This compilation of eighty-five articles explains and defends the ideals behind the highest form of law in the United States, the Constitution. The essays were written and published anonymously in New York newspapers during the years 1787 and 1788 by three of the Constitution's framers and ratifiers: Alexander Hamilton, General George Washington's Chief of Staff and first Secretary of the Treasury; John Jay, the first Chief Justice of the United States; and James Madison, father of the Constitution, author of the Bill of Rights, and fourth President of the United States.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Dover thrift editions

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