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by J.R.@A&M
Fri Apr 01, 2016 8:39 am
Forum: Books & Videos
Topic: What are you currently reading?
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Re: What are you currently reading?

This week I have been digesting Joseph Ellis' "The Quartet". It is a great read (actually, I'm listening to the audiobook version).

This is from the Preface: “Four men made the ­transition from confederation to nation ­happen. . . . George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and James Madison” (along with three supporting players: Robert Morris, Gouverneur Morris and Thomas Jefferson). He writes that “this political quartet diagnosed the systemic dysfunctions under the Articles, manipulated the political process to force a calling of the Constitutional Convention, collaborated to set the agenda in Philadelphia, attempted somewhat successfully to orchestrate the debates in the state ratifying conventions, then drafted the Bill of Rights as an insurance policy to ensure state compliance with the constitutional settlement. If I am right, this was arguably the most creative and consequential act of political leadership in American history.”
by J.R.@A&M
Tue Mar 08, 2016 4:19 pm
Forum: Books & Videos
Topic: What are you currently reading?
Replies: 155
Views: 48629

Re: What are you currently reading?

Caro's "The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Path to Power". The early chapters are a very interesting history of the settlement of the Hill Country.

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