The creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787 Book

Update I now give this a 3 Still a good history of the political thought and ideas which led to the United States government of 1787. The idea is different enough to be interesting. The pace is solid with few digressions. The writing is readable for the most part although knowledge of certain concepts seems assumed. The viewpoint is detached as the sources and Framers and pundits of the times largely speak for themselves in nicely done paraphrase. The analysis seems well grounded, though it helps to know the sources where the material is drawn. This book did meet my expectations and I thoroughly enjoyed it. They don’t write sweeping balanced narrative history anymore…

I give this one a 4. It’s interesting readable and I learned some new nuances of the political thought behind the founding of the American Republic.