The Men Who United the States

By Simon Winchester

Reviewer: Henry Cepluch

How did this country become the U.S.A. of the 21st century? Winchester ponders the nation-building activities that have occurred since the U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1788 and pinpoints the eclectic and eccentric mix of visionaries and risk-takers who pulled the disparate segments of this country together, creating the powerhouse nation that it is today.