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Bulwark Book Club for July: “Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents That Forged the Republic”

Mona Charen was joined by Lindsay Chervinsky for this edition of The Bulwark Book Club.

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Join us for another edition of The Bulwark Book Club with Mona Charen to observe America’s 250th anniversary.

July’s pick: Lindsay Chervinsky’s book, Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents That Forged the Republic.

Mona and Lindsay discussed the book and addressed your questions during a special edition of The Mona Charen Show for July 4th. Watch the show below.

Lindsay Chervinsky, presidential historian and executive director of the George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon, gives a definitive look at the second president’s lasting legacy on the nation’s highest office in Making the Presidency. Details on ordering the book can be found here.

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