Wednesday, July 02, 2003

SOCIETY - A Leap in the Dark: The Struggle to Create the American Republic. By John Ferling. Oxford University Press. 558 pp.  Review by Thomas O'Brien: The unlikely creation of July Fourth. This study of the early United States is solid history that will refresh anyone's memory of the essential stories and figures in America's founding. And it will enlighten anyone about the origin of some current civic problems. [Christian Science Monitor | Books]

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