Loading the reading path…
Wiseley is resolving the current published collection from the catalog.
The American Experiment
Trace American political ideals and institutions through founding arguments, historical turning points, and lives inside the presidency.
Books in this collection
Common Sense
Thomas Paine’s Common Sense asks whether a people can remain free under a distant hereditary crown. It moves from the origins and limits of government to the case for American independence, a Continental constitution, and practical self-defense, offering a framework for judging authority by rights, accountability, and public welfare.
1776
David McCullough’s 1776 follows the American Revolution’s first year from Britain’s determination to suppress rebellion through the crises at Boston, New York, and New Jersey. It asks how an improvised army survived overwhelming odds, and what leadership, logistics, morale, and contingency reveal about political change.
