"To Begin the World Anew: The Creative Genius and Ambiguities of our Founding Fathers" by Bernard Bailyn.

"To Begin the World Anew: The Genius and Ambiguities of the American Founders" by Bernard Bailyn, is an extremely interesting little book. Mr. Bailyn, Professor of Early American history at Harvard, winner of two Pulitzer Prizes and the National Book Award, admires and is astonished at what the Founders were able to accomplish. He managed to convey some of the enthusiasm he has for America in spite of not seeming to be overly concerned with …

…be self-evident. They have no thought for religious freedom as it is practiced in America. Though the challenges will continue, American Constitutionalism is still held up to the rest of the world as the ablest model of securing for all men "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."(Jefferson, Thomas, Declaration of Independence 1776). -Bernard Bailyn, "To Begin the World Anew: The Genius and Ambiguities of the American Founders", 1st. edition, Random House, New York, NY, 2003.