Five Best: Books on Congress

1. The first Congress began in 1789, and truth be told, it wasn’t really the first. The Confederation Congress met from 1781 ...
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The First Congress : how James Madison, George Washington, and a group of extraordinary men invented the government / Fergus M. Bordewich

Preface: Nebuchadnezzar's monster -- An ocean always turbulent -- The fostering hand of government -- A new era -- Pomp and quiddling -- A very perplexing business -- A great and delicate subject -- ...