Reviewed in the Wall Street Journal!

Things settled down last week after we conducted more than 30 radio interviews during the launch week of our new book, Signing Their Rights Away. Since the book is tied to Constitution Day, we thought the excitement would die down after that little-known holiday, held this year on Saturday, September 17. 

But no. A number of reviewers and bloggers are only now discovering the book. That’s typical of the industry. You never know when someone is going to discover your book and do a review on it. (One of our books — an influential book about how freelancers can manage their money —came out two years ago, and was reviewed only last night on a prominent personal finance blog, The Simple Dollar.) Love when that happens.

This past weekend we were surprised to learn that our new book, Signing Their Rights Away, had been reviewed in the Wall Street Journal’s weekend book section. The reviewer seemed to hit on the all the key points we were trying to make about the signers. To quote part of the review:

“Though Ms. Kiernan and Mr. D'Agnese clearly delight in noting the warts and blemishes of the Constitution's signers, they maintain a refreshing reverence for the Constitution itself. Rather than ask readers to believe that an ‘assembly of demigods’ (Jefferson's words) wrote the Constitution, Ms. Kiernan and Mr. D'Agnese challenge the notion that the group that crafted this document of enduring genius was uniquely brilliant or visionary. If this raises the question of how exactly the miracle was accomplished, it should at least give readers some hope for our own seemingly uninspired political era.”

Cool.

If you haven’t already watched the book trailer, it’s right here. Denise outdid herself this time around. The new video is hilarious.

Thanks to everyone who continues to support this book with reviews and word of mouth. 

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Insane Week Ahead!

We’re doing a record (for us) 26 radio interviews this week promoting our new book, Signing Their Rights Away. Though the book officially pubbed last week, today begins our major promo week since the U.S. celebrates Constitution Day on Saturday, September 17. 

This is one of these holidays only federal workers seem to celebrate. Constitution Day commemorates the actual day in 1787 when 39 founding fathers signed the U.S. Constitution.

Our book is about those 39 men. Some were supergeniuses, others quite mediocre. At least one was an outright scoundrel who became the first person impeached in the U.S. government. No one ever seems to know that these men existed, while we routinely and slavishly fete the signers of the Declaration each Fourth of July.

I’d argue that the men in the new book are every bit as interesting as the men who signed the Declaration of Independence.

If you haven’t already watched the book trailer, it’s right here. Denise outdid herself this time around. The new video is hilarious.

Thanks to everyone who’s supported this book with reviews and word of mouth. The book is available wherever books are sold, and our local bookstore has plenty of copies in stock, available for autographing.

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New Book Out Tuesday: Signing Their Rights Away!

Tuesday, September 6 marks the publication of my new book, Signing Their Rights Away, with my coauthor Denise Kiernan. It’s a nonfiction history book about the 39 men who signed the United States Constitution in 1787. More notably, it’s the follow-up to our earlier book about the Declaration signers. The first book has done phenomenally well, so I’m really excited about the new one.

I’d argue that the men in the new book are every bit as interesting as the men who signed the Declaration of Independence, but they are probably less known than the Declaration signers. The book consists of 39 short biographies on each patriot, no more than three to five pages, tops.

Some of their stories are inspiring, others hilarious. You can get a sense of our approach in handling this material in the new book trailer we’re rolling out today:

People always ask how they can support us when a new book comes out. The most obvious thing is BUY THE BOOK, but you knew that already.

Knowing that not everyone loves history, even our humorous take on it, we point out that you can help us in other ways: mentioning the book to history buff friends, booksellers, librarians, book clubs, or social studies teachers.

You can share the book title with your Facebook or Twitter fans, or just watch the video and have a laugh. If you do read the book and like it, please consider leaving a review for us somewhere online. It really helps. I’ll be back next week, on pub day, to talk about other ways you can help us.

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