I loved this book on our history and George Washington by Bret Baier! He does such a great job teaching and sharing with us how important it all was and how important George Washington was to the nation and its people. I wish more young people would get a desire to learn more about our previous Presidents and our history. It’s so important they do, especially so they can vote properly and know what kind of nation we were founded to be. It’s what makes the great nation we are. Thank you to #NetGalley and the author and publishers Harper Collins Publishers for the opportunity to read and review #ToRescueTheConstitution with my own thoughts and opinions.

To Rescue the Constitution by Bret Baier contains a lot of history. It is more than about George Washington and the Constitution, because it has to be to understand the full context of the topic.

Yes, there is great detail about the Constitution and the Convention, yet a large part of the book is a biography of George Washington, from birth to death and after. At times the biography feels a bit uneven. There are great perspectives from many people via letters and diaries that enrich the text. However, there are large areas where these specific memories are absent and one slides suddenly into reading what feels more like text book history.

Finally, the author’s afterword is relevant and yet felt to me like it was unnecessary. Still, I looked forward to picking this book up to read daily, and that fact is my recommendation for lovers of this period and its people from American history to do the same!

Thank you, Bret Baier for reminding us that the United States has always been arguing with itself. To Rescue the Constitution is the story of how the U.S. was born and immediately started screaming. Whether it was over bigger government, citizenship, or states rights, the U.S. has never lacked for political passion. Baier brings out the Murderers' Row of Founding Fathers but mostly centers on how George Washington is the reason anything got done (mostly).

I will say that for American history super nerds (like myself), you are not going to find any new revelations other than a few smaller fun facts (which are always wonderful). That said, Baier's prose is very easy to read and if you are unfamiliar with the time period, then you will find this book fantastic.

(This book was provided as an advance copy by Mariner Books.)

To Rescue the Constitution: George Washington and the Fragile American Experiment by Bret Baier is an excellent nonfiction that delves into the imperfect and complex beginning of country as it began to form into the solid nation we know today.

I absolutely loved this book. I know it was nonfiction but it reads as smooth as fiction. Reading this book gave me more of an understanding of the difficulties and obstacles that were present on the bumpy road of a new nation in its infancy and the struggles that were present as George Washington helped mold and sculpt the separate threads into a tapestry of art that evolved into the United States.

I highly recommend this to anyone that enjoys American history.

5/ 5 stars

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