The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America
Jun.03, 2010 in
travel
- ISBN13: 9781882577989
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
A pocket edition of America’s founding documents…. More >> The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America
June 3rd, 2010 at 1:14 pm
First things first, this review has nothing to do with the actual Declaration of Independence or the Constitution. This review concerns itself with the little red pocket version.
Now then, upon first receiving this from a Washington DC CATO convention (I was serving mini crab cakes lest you think me some sort of intellectual) I was immediately impressed that these two great and historic documents were condensed into a handy little guide.
However….
Upon opening said guide I was quickly disappointed. This is no replication of those documents. It appears that the writing has been changed from old timey English to Times New Roman. Furthermore, the writing is very tiny, and required me to whip out my XXL magnifying lenses just to read the preamble. But my biggest disappointment has to be on page 15, which is the signature block for the Declaration.
I ask you, what is the most famous part of the Declaration of Independence? No, besides the whole freeing ourselves from “absolute tyranny”. No not “all men are created equal”…
…it’s JOHN HANCOCK’S signature! On the actual document it is huge! On this one, not only is it small, but it is also in the same font as everything else. How difficult would it have been to take a screen shot of the signatures and fit it to a page? All you have to do is pull up the file (Declaration07041776.wpd) and change the font size.
Since the authors have clearly “modernized” this document, then I ask you, why not include pictures as well? Perhaps a tea bag at the end of the Declaration. Or what about a portrait of George Washington himself? I mean, he’s on the one dollar bill, and there’s like a billion of them floating around, so how difficult would it be to insert a picture into this little book? They could even have included action shots as well. Maybe Abraham Lincoln chopping down the cherry tree, or Franklin Delano Roosevelt at Appomattox, or even John F. Kennedy arm wrestling Adolf Hitler to end World War II. Any of these would have added spice to this pocket guide.
Yeah, the documents stand the test of and all of that stuff, but the pocket guide itself? Not so much.
Rating: 2 / 5
June 3rd, 2010 at 1:33 pm
The book arrived in good condition and in the time frame stated by the dealer. Rating: 5 / 5
June 3rd, 2010 at 3:21 pm
Nice little pocket book, great synopsys in the beginning. You need this book as much as you need your undee’s on! Get it! Rating: 5 / 5
June 3rd, 2010 at 3:54 pm
Note: reviewing the Kindle version . . .
The real value in this book is that it has explanations about recent case law, the popular and dissenting opinions, and implications of the Bill of Rights.
Of course the book has much more than that, but as Americans our liberties are the most valuable asset we possess. This book is a good reminder of all the history, and how amazing the freedoms we have been gifted as American citizens are. I like to re-read the Constitution every few years, and this book, with its included annotations, is a good way to do that. Rating: 5 / 5
June 3rd, 2010 at 4:00 pm
To whom it may concern,
I recently read a review on here of the Pocket Constitution, I find it a very valuable resource to be treasured and read by all Americans and known by heart. It is very sad to see the sad state of affairs in our country and how our government runs roughshod over our freedoms and terrorzes it’s citicizens, indeed, the pocket constitution should be carried in the pockets of every American no matter what station they are in and the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence and all the other writings of our founding fathers should be taught to our children and their children’s children so that we may preserve the Constitional Republic handed down to us by our founding Fathers, Yes my friends, our nation was founded as a Constitutional republic not a deomocracy, our founders wrote that a democracy is mob rule and they wanted to avoid that, they knew that a democracy will run roughshod over personal liberty and that it is communistic and will eventually turn despotic and finally become a dictatorship where tyrrants will forge their chains, I say let’s restore our Constitutional Republic by teaching our kids our true American heritage and by resisting these petty tyrrants like George Bush and others that are trying to force socialism and despotism upon us.
Mr. Dan Guyewski Rating: 5 / 5