Founding Fathers: Complete Biographies, Their Articles, Historical & Political Documents
Biographies, Primary Documents, and Debates on Liberty and GovernmentBy L. Carroll Judson, Emory Speer, Helen M. Campbell, John Jay (Lawyer)
Length27h 39m
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Founding Fathers: Complete Biographies, Their Articles, Historical & Political Documents assembles biography, political prose, legal argument, and historical record into a capacious account of the American founding. Its range moves from interpretive life-writing to public documents and analytical essays, inviting readers to encounter nation-making as both an intellectual project and a contested political practice. The volume's special value lies in its juxtaposition of narrative portraits with primary political materials, including the statesmanlike reflections associated with John Jay, so that ideals of union, law, liberty, and civic responsibility may be read in their historical texture. The collection brings together voices linked by an investment in explaining American public life across different generations and genres. L. Carroll Judson's biographical-historical mode, Emory Speer's legal and political perspective, Helen M. Campbell's socially attentive prose, and John Jay's foundational statesmanship collectively broaden the frame beyond simple hero worship. Their varied approaches connect the volume to traditions of nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century civic education, constitutional interpretation, and historical commemoration, while preserving the centrality of documentary evidence. Recommended for students, general readers, and scholars of American political culture, this volume offers an unusually concentrated opportunity to compare lives, arguments, and records within one book. Its breadth makes it useful both as an introduction to the founding era and as a stimulus for critical discussion of how national memory is constructed.
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GenreHistory, Literary Classics
Length27 hrs 39 mins
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Publish dateDec 20, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Founding Fathers: Complete Biographies, Their Articles, Historical & Political Documents
26Federalist I
2John Adams
27Federalist XIV
3Benjamin Franklin
28Federalist XV
4Alexander Hamilton
29Patrick Henry June 5, 1788
5Thomas Jefferson
30Responsibility and Checks in Self-government
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6George Washington
31Federalist X
7John Jay
32Federalist LI
8James Madison
33Centenel I
9Appendix:
34Extent of Union, States' Rights, Bill of Rights, Taxation
10Continental Association
35Federalist X
11Declaration of Independence
36Federalist XXXII
12Articles of Confederation
37Federalist XXXIII
13Need for Stronger Union
38Federalist XXXV
14Federalist I
39Federalist XXXVI
15Federalist II
40Federalist XXXIX
16Federalist III
41Federalist XLV
17Federalist IV
42Federalist LXXXV
18Federalist V
43Brutus I
19Federalist VI
44Extended Republics, Taxation
20John Dewitt I
45Federalist VII
21John Dewitt II
46Federalist X
22Bill of Rights
47Federalist XIV
23Federalist LXXXIV
48Federalist XXXV
24John Dewitt II
49Federalist XXXVI
25Nature and Powers of the Union
50Federal Farmer I
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