What the Anti-Federalists Were for : The Political Thought of the Opponents of the Constitution

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Review: academic book which provides a serious overview of where our nation started. Discusses significant issues as well as bringing up issues not normally mentioned in regards to the Federalist Papers

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Review: Guy Smith complains that can't understand Herbert Storing's prose (but is this Storing's fault or Mr. Smith's? This was one of the most helpful books I read in graduate school, and I found Storing's writing academic, but accessible) and then makes errors in his critique! Unbelievable. This is an oustanding book by the person almost singularly responsible for recovering the thought of the anti-Federalists.

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Review: This book is a classic example of a potentially valuable resource nearly destroyed with poor prose. The well-studied Mr. Storing produced an almost unreadable book through the use of awkward sentence structure and the liberal intermixing of his prose and quotes from founding fathers. He main literary abuse is convoluted sentences, such as "In reply to all of these objections, the Anti-Federalists complained, they were told, . . . .". Simple declarative sentences would have made this a wonderful book., and not an exercise in frustration.

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Summary: Good info - poor writing
Review: This book is a classic example of a potentially valuable resource nearly destroyed with poor prose. The well-studied Mr. Storing produced an almost unreadable book through the use of awkward sentence structure and the liberal intermixing of his prose and quotes from founding fathers. He main literary abuse is convoluted sentences, such as "In reply to all of these objections, the Anti-Federalists complained, they were told, . . . .". Simple declarative sentences would have made this a wonderful book., and not an exercise in frustration.