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The American Idea: Rediscovering the Words that Built a Nation
Hardcover
General Political ScienceGeneral United States History
Publisher Price: $34.99
ISBN13: 9781970950021
Publisher: Ascaine Press
Published: May 19 2026
Pages: 370
Weight: 1.46
Height: 0.88 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The American Idea goes straight to the source to let the Founders speak directly to our time. This essential collection presents faithful modern language restatements of the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, Bill of Rights, and later Constitution amendments alongside the entire collection of 85 Federalist Papers all rendered into clear, powerful prose that preserves Hamilton's fire, Madison's precision, and Jay's strategic brilliance.
Each restatement captures the urgency of a young nation fighting for survival and the revolutionary ideas that still shape major court decisions and political debates today. Key original passages anchor each text, preserving the Founders' actual voices. Beyond the constitutional core, discover the flawed Articles of Confederation that nearly doomed the republic and Washington's Farewell Address with its warnings about political division, as well as a gathering of essential writings from Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, James Madison, and Benjamin Franklin. Brief contextual notes illuminate why each document mattered then and why it still matters today.
The American Idea transforms America's founding documents from historical artifacts into living documents that invite you to rediscover the words that built a nation.
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