Yeah, i'll look at the Federalist Papers. Hell, we can look at the constitution as well whist we are at it as most versions of the FP have a copy of the constitution printed in the back of it.
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Yeah, i'll look at the Federalist Papers. Hell, we can look at the constitution as well whist we are at it as most versions of the FP have a copy of the constitution printed in the back of it.
The Signet Classics version of the Federalist Papers does not, however the Anti-Federalist Debates on the other hand does (I also have this free little booklet I got in school with it too).
So we got 2 for FP, how many more should we wait to sign up for? 3, 5, 7+?
John Fredrick Parker
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I would suggest going on and starting the thread;* I found most of the most loyal followers weren't early advocates, and vice versa.
*Also, if you do, could you title it "NFHBC: Federalist Papers"? I'd like to see if that acronym can catch on.
Alright, I'll do it tomorrow. Should we give them sequel titles? NFHBC II: Federalist Papers, NFHBC III: Theodore Rex (for example), and so on or just link them in the OP?
John Fredrick Parker
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Nah, then it'd get complicated if we had more than one at a time; I'm just hoping the acronym gets the level of acceptance "WI", "PC", or "AHC" gets.
Well I already read the second two books (I started with Theodore Rex then Colonel Roosevelt because those were the orders I found the books in, well in hardcover at least). For stuff I really want to read (like Rise of Theodore Roosevelt) I'd do it at my own pace, but for stuff I want to have read (classics like the Federalist Papers) I need external motivation.
If I really wanted to be ambitious I'd do Rise of American Democracy (third done) or anything by Robert Cato (fuck it all of Robert Cato's Johnson books).
John Fredrick Parker
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Well, the Federalist Papers BC didn't take, so then I read (most of) America's Constitution: A Biography by Akhil Reed Amar; now I've borrowed two books from the library:
The First World War, by John Keegan
The New Jim Crow, by Michelle Alexander
Anybody want to do a Book Club Thread for one of these? For that matter, would anyone like to do another NFHBC period?
*Remember, it doesn't even have to be something a lot of people here own, so long as most of us can likely find a copy at the local library.
The First World War, by John Keegan
The New Jim Crow, by Michelle Alexander
Anybody want to do a Book Club Thread for one of these? For that matter, would anyone like to do another NFHBC period?
*Remember, it doesn't even have to be something a lot of people here own, so long as most of us can likely find a copy at the local library.