“I am not sure exactly when it was that I fell in love with my country. We each have our own story,” writes Matthew Spalding in the opening pages of his new book “The Making of the American Mind.” “I invite you to join me in falling in love with America again, or perhaps for the first time.”
In celebration of America’s 250th birthday, Spalding’s work is both timely and important as a commemorative work and a necessary piece of historical education. The author, who is the Kirby Professor in constitutional government and dean of the Van Andel Graduate School of Government at Hillsdale College, as well as a senior academic advisor for America250 projects, takes readers on the political, legal, and philosophical journey of the Declaration of Independence.
