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Thomas Jefferson Versus Alexander Hamilton: Confrontations that Shaped a Nation (Bedford Series in History & Culture)

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This book helps give the reader an excellent prespective on how the Federalists and Anti-Federalists helped shape our nation though debate and press.

I enjoyed this book because it is more of a collection of letters, from both Jefferson and Hamilton, leaving it up to you on how to interpret their stances and personalities.

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Although there are some interesting things here, the choice is somewhat strange and the limited number of papers disappointing. Missing for example, is something from Hamilton's Federalist Papers (which I think most people would consider his most important writing) or Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia . Perhaps Cunningham felt these are too well known. However, we then have Jefferson's Inaugural Address and Kentucky Resolutions which are very well known. Most importantly, I would have expected a much greater sampling of original materials considering the volume that are available from both Jefferson and Hamilton.

This book really gives the reader a sense of what Hamilton and Jefferson were REALLY like. They had disputes and were mistrustful of eachother. There wasn't any school-boy stuff going on here. I recommend this book if you're interested in history and are in college. Good book!