This title draws on hundreds of sources to paint a vivid portrait of the new nation, setting out to show the world at large that a new - and very American - form of government was calling itself into being. Veteran journalist Thomas B. Allen brings decades of experience and a gifted storyteller's ey...

This title draws on hundreds of sources to paint a vivid portrait of the new nation, setting out to show the world at large that a new - and very American - form of government was calling itself into being. Veteran journalist Thomas B. Allen brings decades of experience and a gifted storyteller's eye to the long-hidden history of how George Washington and the other Founders set the Federal government into motion.