Experience the Formation of America Through the Eyes of the Founders

Take a deep dive into the creation of the U.S. Constitution as it actually happened with New York Times best-selling author and professor Allen C. Guelzo of Gettysburg College. He reveals fascinating secrets behind some of the more famous Founding Fathers, using them as a lens through which to see powerful truths about the early political history of the United States. Discover the harsh lesson George Washington learned about how whiskey can make (or break) an election, how calling James Madison the Father of the Constitution is a misnomer, and how, unlike the musical adaptation of Hamilton, the real man’s performance was met with stony silence.

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Experience the Formation of America Through the Eyes of the Founders is an episode from The Torch: The Great Courses Podcast by Michael Howley.

This episode is 30:45 long.

This episode was published on Apr 10, 2017.

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