Marlene Heck, Senior Lecturer in Art History and History
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If, like me, you can't get enough of the Founding Fathers, you'll want to add Jack Rakove's Revolutionaries: A New History of the Invention of America to your stack of must-reads. Rakove is interested in reconstructing the world in which the Founders lived and how this world shaped them into the extraordinary leaders they became. If you're interested in what the Founders believed and how they came to believe it, start here.