Books by Michael J. Klarman

1. Michael J. Klarman, The Framers’ Coup: The Making of the United States Constitution .  Excellent author, the chapters on the time period before the Constitution are good enough to make the “best books of the year list,” the rest is a much above-average summary and distillation, but of more familiar material.  At 880 pp. of clear, limpid, and instructive prose, it is a winner in any case.