I would also recommend The Conspirator. This review sums it up nicely: "The Surratt case accordingly becomes a civil libertarian's prime exhibit of a judiciary prostrated by political ambition."
http://www.kosmosonline.org/group-post/conspirator-and-civil-libertarians-civil-war
An interesting book on this topic came out a few years ago by Ivan Eland called Recarving Rushmore where he ranks all of the presidents based on peace, prosperity, and liberty.
His Top 5:
John Tyler
Grover Cleveland
Martin Van Buren
Rutherford B. Hayes
Chester Arthur
His Bottom 5 (starting...
I finally got around to reading this. Wow, it is ESSENTIAL reading. As John Perkins says on the back cover - "Arguably the most important book yet written about a U.S. President."
More here:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig10/curtin1.1.1.html...
AA Bondy - "American Hearts"
We were raised by wolves
And we are still wild
And we howl when the troubled wind blows
And in the TV's blue light
Oh, assassins will lie
Every wail just a-goin' down slow
So don't tread on me
For I am your brother
I was born with an American heart
And don't tread...
I just picked up both the Anti-Fed and Federalist Papers, so I'd also be interested in finding out if it is better to read one all the way through and then read the other one or go back and forth.
Also, I thought I'd mention two other books that were recently released:
Hamilton's Curse by...