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The New York Times bestseller by one of today's biggest champions of conservative values.

About the Author

SENATOR MIKE LEE (R-Utah)is a tireless advocate for constitutionally limited government. A former federal prosecutor and appellate litigator who previously worked as a law clerk to Supreme Court justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr., he serves on the Judiciary Committee, the Commerce Committee, the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and the Joint Economic Committee. He is also the chairman of the Senate Steering Committee. His previous books include Our Lost Constitution and The Freedom Agenda.

Reviews

"He is telling us a story... about the people who saw a powerful federal government as the greatest threat to our liberty and freedom, and it is a belief you can clearly tell Lee shares....This is without a doubt your must-read of the summer."
—Red State

“An entertaining and enlightening account of our ‘forgotten founders’ but, more important, a vital reminder of why limited government and federalism must be restored to the center of the American experiment.”
—ARTHUR C. BROOKS, president of the American Enterprise Institute

“Senator Mike Lee continues to demonstrate that the struggle for limited government and against historical amnesia are inseparable.”
—GEORGE F. WILL

“Every liberty-loving American should read this book!”
—SENATOR RAND PAUL

“These stories have been forgotten or ‘buried’ by those who would like us to forget the founders’ strong suspicion of centralized, unrestrained government. Any American who reads this book will find it difficult to put down, and will emerge from the experience not only inspired, but also better equipped to support, protect, and defend the Constitution.”
—SENATOR TED CRUZ

“Power-hungry politicians and biased historians have deliberately neglected these captivating stories from America’s founding era, stories that once restored to our national consciousness could help usher in a new era of American exceptionalism.”
—SENATOR MARCO RUBIO

“While I’d eagerly recommend it just for the highly entertaining stories, even more important is the message these stories convey together: the Constitutionwas designed to limit the federal government and secure power for the statesand, ultimately, the people.”
—STEPHEN F. HAYES , editor in chief, The Weekly Standard

“This book should be part of every patriot’s library.”
—CARLY FIORINA