Everybody sure has their own preference, of course. Reading older books can be challenging given the changes in the use of language.
That said, I would recommend to read older books with the disclaimer of keeping the time-frame in mind and to focus on non-fiction.
Archive.org, Project-Gutenberg etc have tremendous amounts of books of yesteryears that you can dive into.
One such book is written by Frances Gardiner Davenport: European Treaties bearing upon the United States of America and its dependencies.
And it would not hurt to start with great writers surrounding the establishment of the US. This conveys clear ideas on the declaration of the will in relation to the way things were set up, clearly different from the current narratives.
There is a slew of books you can read without the need to be tired by minutiae or technical analyses. Think book like: Law of Nations, Free sea, Road to serfdom, etc.
The reason this is important has to do with the way the world has developed.
Perhaps we can have a sticky here on GAW with a recommended reading list c.q. bibliography?
Everybody sure has their own preference, of course. Reading older books can be challenging given the changes in the use of language.
That said, I would recommend to read older books with the disclaimer of keeping the time-frame in mind and to focus on non-fiction.
Archive.org, Project-Gutenberg etc have tremendous amounts of books of yesteryears that you can dive into.
One such book is written by Frances Gardiner Davenport: European Treaties bearing upon the United States of America and its dependencies.
And it would not hurt to start with great writers surrounding the establishment of the US. This conveys clear ideas on the declaration of the will in relation to the way things were set up, clearly different from the current narratives.
There is a slew of books you can read without the need to be tired by minutiae or technical analyses. Think book like: Law of Nations, Free sea, Road to serfdom, etc.
The reason this is important has to do with the way the world has developed.
Perhaps we can have a sticky here on GAW with a recommended reading list c.q. bibliography?