Why am I passionate about this?
Joseph DāAgnese grew up in the Bicentennial-fueled excitement of the 1970s, and spent 1976 fake-playing a fife and sporting a tricorn hat in various school events. Besides teaching him how to get in and out of Revolutionary-period knickers, this experience awakened in him a love for the Founding Era of American history. He has since authored three history titles with his wife, The New York Times bestselling author Denise Kiernan.
Joseph's book list on the creation of the U.S. Constitution
Why did Joseph love this book?
This one is my absolute favorite. The Collier brothers wrote numerous books on American history for kids and adults alike.
Even though I knew that the Constitutional Convention of 1787 resulted in the creation of the U.S. Constitution, many times as I was reading this bookāwhich is aimed squarely at adultsāI found myself thinking, āI canāt wait to see how this ends!ā The book is really that suspenseful, and reads like a novel.
The authors are especially good at describing the personalities of the players. My favorite is their analysis of the father-son nature of the bond between George Washington and Alexander Hamilton, who served as the generalās aide during the Revolutionary War.
I am willing to bet most fans of the musical Hamilton never quite grasped the nuances of that relationship. I also really loved their description of a famous moment in the deliberations when George Washington loses hisā¦
1 author picked Decision in Philadelphia as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
Includes a complete copy of the Constitution.
Fifty-five men met in Philadelphia in 1787 to write a document that would create a country and change a world. Here is a remarkable rendering of that fateful time, told with humanity and humor. "The best popular history of the Constitutional Convention available."--Library Journal