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17 reviews
Forrest McDonald

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"the capstone of a fine career"
This book is actually the third of a sort of trilogy, begun with "We the People..." in 1958. It should be no surprise that Mc Donald thinks little of Charles Beard. In his earlier work (mentioned above) he did a great deal to discredit Beard's thesis that the founders created the Constitution in order to increase the values of the gov't securities that they held. He followed this in 1965 with ...

Insull

2 reviews
Forrest McDonald

University of Chicago Press, 1962

Excellent history of electric utility industry
While the topic may sound dry and uninteresting, in fact McDonald presents a fascinating tale of how the electric utility industry came to be the way it is today. Anyone seriously considering the current "restructuring" or "deregulation" of electric utilities should be familiar with this work. Clearly a "10" for anyone interested in understanding why we have massive power plants, "stranded ...

CATO: A TRAGEDY AND SELECTED ESSAYS

3 reviews
Joseph Addison, Christine Dunn Henderson, ...

Liberty Fund Inc., 2004

The American Founding Fathers Favorite Play
Joseph Addison's (1672-1719) Play "Cato: A Tragedy", first staged in 1713, inspired many enlightened thinkers in the 18th century with its portrayal of the Roman senator Cato the Younger's (95-46 B.C.E.) willingness to commit suicide rather than to live under the tyrannical rule of Julius Caesar. The play takes place during Cato's final hours of resistance to Caesar. George Washington remarked ...

Firsthand America: A History of the United States

1 review
Forrest McDonald, Eugene D. Genovese, ...

Revisionary Press, 1990

A very good book about US History
This is an excellent book for students who are in, or who plan to enter AP US History. It's also excellent for History lovers.

Recovering the Past: A Historian's Memoir

4 reviews
Forrest McDonald

University Press of Kansas, 2004

Recovering the Past
Recovering the Past, a historian's memoir Forrest McDonald Recovering the Past, a historian's memoir is written for "that elusive critter called the general reader, or, more precisely, for the vast number of people who genuinely love history for its own sake--which, as will become evident, I regard as eliminating a sizable majority of professional historians." At the outset of the ...

The Presidency of George Washington (American Presidency Series)

5 reviews
Forrest McDonald

University Press of Kansas, 1974

Excellent history of the most critical US presidency
The general consensus is that the two greatest US presidents were George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. I firmly believe that and in my opinion, Washington was the greatest. Before he became president he did something very rare in the history of the human race. After the victory in the war of independence, his stature was such that he could have been "elected" king. However, his honor was such ...

Alexander Hamilton: A biography

25 reviews
Forrest McDonald

Easton Press, 1995

A Focused Look at the Core of Hamilton's Greatness
Forrest McDonald wrote this book out of a profound knowledge of the legal, financial, and economic environment of the world of late-colonial America that Alexander Hamilton came into, and of the early Republic, that he transformed. Hamilton was a brave soldier, an astute politician, an extremely talented administrator, a great lawyer and a man of extraordinary personal morality and honor. These ...

The American Presidency: An Intellectual History

8 reviews
Forrest McDonald

University Press of Kansas, 1994

This should be required reading for the entire American populace
Mr. McDonald, in his excellent book, traces the theory and practice of the presidency from Washington to Clinton. The theme is a comparison of constitutional writings and the framers' intent, an area in which McDonald is expert, compared with the actual events on the ground. The oval-office push for ever increasing amounts of power, dubbed the "Imperial Presidency" during the Nixon ...

The Presidency of Thomas Jefferson

6 reviews
Forrest McDonald

University Press of Kansas, 1987

A breathtaking treatment of the Jefferson presidency
McDonald wrenches Jefferson out of the prism of 20th century admirers and detractors to see him in his own time. He interprets the first term as a stunning success: to wit, Jefferson set about the dismantling of government over the lives of the Republic's citizens. For one brief shining moment the ideals of the Revolution reached their pinnacle. It was not, alas and inevitably, destined to ...

States' Rights and the Union: Imperium in Imperio, 1776-1876 (American Political Thought)

9 reviews
Forrest McDonald

University Press of Kansas, 2000

States' Rights & the Union: Imperium in Imperio 1776-1876
States' Rights and the Union: Imperium in Imperio 1776-1876 written by Forrest McDonald is a very illuminating work on the vexing theme of States' Rights vs Union, a theme in American history and politics that has and will continue to elicite debate. Forrest McDonald works both sides of the debate in this book and you'll find yourself straddling the fence here, wary of federal power or states' ...

Tombs

3 reviews

White Wolf Publishing, 1995

A Fantastic Anthology of Short Stories!
I was really impressed with this anthology of morbid short stories themed around tombs and the macabre of death. Forrest J. Ackerman introduced the book to us. It's not for everybody. It's kind for an audience who prefers science fiction, horror, and thriller to melodrama. Some of the material is not for children or for squeamish adults. The Contents Read as Follows: Tomb Swift by Forrest J. ...

E Pluribus Unum

13 reviews
Forrest McDonald

Blackstone Audiobooks, 1997

A Whirlwind Tour of the Early Republic
Dr. McDonald's work here is nothing short of brilliant, but this is hardly surprising coming from one of the nation's foremost historians. The low reviews this book has been getting on Amazon are really a shame, because it's a work of art. McDonald provides a masterful account of the creation of the American republic, giving the reader not just the major events of the period, but also shedding ...

EMPIRE AND NATION

1 review
FORREST MCDONALD

Liberty Fund Inc., 1999

Firsthand glimpse into the birth of the US
This book provides a firsthand look back at two crucial events in the forming of the United States: American's response to and reasons for fighting against taxation by the British, and arguments about the Constitution. In the first half, Letters from a Famer in Pennsylvania, John Dickinson takes great care to explain why Americans should oppose all taxes that the British impose merely to raise ...

We the people (American History Research Center, Madison, Wis. Publication)
Forrest McDonald

University Of Chicago Press, 1963

The political impulse to attempt to separate from central government control is a feature of the post-cold war world that is alive and growing in Canada, Russia, China, Italy, Belgium, Britain, and even the United States. The contributors to this volume believe that the secessionist impulse is a vital part of classical liberal tradition that emerges when governments become too big and too ambitious. Unlike revolution, secession seeks only ...

Alexander Hamilton (Founding Fathers) Leather Bound
Forrest McDonald

Easton Press, 2004

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