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A Country With No Name: Tales from the Constitution (Vintage)

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The Constitution may not be what you think it is. This book examines the history and meaning of the Constitution through tales presented, by a young English woman, in the fashion of Scheherezade (of Arabian Nights fame). Sounds strange, but it works remarkably well. I would highly recommend the book to any - American. We could all use a good healthy dose of Constitutional tutoring and this particular lesson is taught with style.

This book was written as tutor teaching history. The writing was dry between the tutor and student but the story part, the "history" was well written. Unfortunately, the history part is at best only partially correct or flat out incorrect. It was an interesting read to see how some people wish to portray history without having to back up the facts because this is a fiction book and not a history book. Very clever, to have people read this and believe that this is how events unfolded.

As someone very interested in American History, I was anxious to read this book to get a different perspective on the events that shaped our country's future.

It's an interesting account but tends to ramble at times. Most of the writing is fairly dry. The author either skims over details or spends way too much time on them.

A nice little refresher if you forgot what college reading was like.