"Artificial curiosities" Book

It took 227 pages to get to the election that is supposed to be the subject of the book. That left roughly 70 pages to discuss the election. All the pages leading up to that point covers the history of the US from the year 1787. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed reading the history again … but it's not what I was hoping for out of this book. While it's a good read, it didn't really fill me with the information I was really wanting - specifically about the 1800 election. To be honest, there wasn't much more in there that I hadn't already known from reading about Adams and Jefferson individually. But I will say that this book did a great job of condensing everything, so if you're looking for a broad overview of everything important from 1787 to 1804-ish, this book would be great for you.