American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic   Joseph J. Ellis
Problematic popular history of the creation of the United States from 1776 – 1803. After claiming that it would be a mistake to view the founders and what they did through the socio-political lens of the 21^st Century, Ellis proceeds to do just that. He is especially disparaging of Jefferson. Good information about attempts to deal with native American populations in the territory acquired in the 1783 Treaty of Paris, and the intrigues of the Louisiana Purchase. Tone and self-referential disingenuousness disturbing.