What books come to mind as your think of the Fourth of July and the birth of our nation? Here are some that have inspired me. Please comment on your favorites.
This book is very inspiring because it tells about how John Lewis never stopped working toward voting rights. Meacham considers Lewis to be as important a figure in history as any of the Founding Fathers.I know that Johnny Tremain is an old book, but I remember it well. How brave Johnny and the rest of the Sons of Liberty were!! The book made my heart swell with pride. I liked the movie, also.If you haven’t already read this book, you really should. It contains information you may not know, and Roberts presents her cameos in a very readable way. Angelou is known for her poetry, but the first of her books considered to be autobiographical is enlightening.Though flawed at its conception and requiring neverending interpretation , the United States Constitution almost never was!! This book is a fascinting read about how a handful of men came together to draft the document that still guides our country today.
Blog reader Madeleine Kaye shared the following comment:
In his lively and engaging narrative Founding Brothers, historian Joseph J. Ellis recounts the sometimes collaborative, sometimes archly antagonistic interactions between Washington, Hamilton, Adams, Franklin, Burr and Jefferson that helped forge the young nation in the 1790s.
