Books to Read

By Richard Beeman

From distinguished historian Richard Beeman comes

a dramatic and engrossing account of the men who

met in Philadelphia during the summer of 1787 to

design a radically new form of government. Plain,

Honest Men takes readers behind the scenes and

beyond the debate to show how the world’s most

enduring constitution was forged through conflict,

compromise, and, eventually, a fragile consensus.

By Gordon S. Wood

This classic work explains the evolution of American

Political thought from the Declaration of Independence

to the ratification of the Constitution. In so doing, it

greatly illuminates the origins of the present American

political system.

By John Eidsmoe

Now over 220 years old, the U.S. Constitution of 1787

is still the highest law in the land, and has outlived the

constitutions of all other countries. Its longevity rests in

the enduring principles upon which it was founded. The

American Founding Fathers understood that biblical law

provides for the most suitable form of civil government

any country can muster. The Founders forged into the

America's legal documents and civil institutions biblical

principles that have stood the test of time even to this day.