About the Book: Federalist Papers
#1 New York Times bestselling author Jon Meacham presents the brilliant and
stirring essays in defense of the Constitution—written by Alexander Hamilton,
John Jay, and James Madison—that made the American republic.
In September 1787, after a long summer of intense deliberation and compromise,
the Federal Convention released a proposed Constitution of the United States—and
immediately ignited a firestorm. Public debate was passionate and fierce.
Supporters, the Federalists, believed the Constitution would save the
floundering former colonies from the confusion and anarchy of the current, weak
government. Detractors held that adopting the Constitution would mean nothing
less than the end of