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Three Score and Thirteen: A Study of the United States Constitution and the Federalist Papers

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Three Score and Thirteen is a readable and informative presentation of the Constitution from an ordinary American with a clear love for that document and a desire to see his country governed according to it. It is an honest book written to encourage Americans to seek a freer society. Plair should be commended for his dedication to the traditions and principals of our Founding Fathers.

Three Score and Thirteen is a nice contreibution, well organized and useful, and very clearly written by someone strongly motivated to defend the Constitution and the principles of the American Foundingh. Matthew Spalding, PhD, Director, B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies, The Heritage Foundation.

The idea that only lawyers and other train professionals are qualified to understand the Constitution is possibly the biggest reason it has become a "living document" that is more like a dead letter. Upholding the Constirution and its limits on the federal government is in fact incumbent upon every American. In Three Score and Thirteen, James B. Plair does this essential duty. Along with his wife Sally, who served as his editor for this project, Plair outlines the actual text of the Constitution and amplifies its meaning with the help of quotations from The Federalist Papers, an important series of essays by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison that helps us understand the Framers' intentions. (For the complete review by Mr. Antle go to [...]