About the Book:

Marking 250 years since American independence, Jill Lepore dives deep into the American constitution - one of the oldest in the world, and famously one of the most difficult to change, with only 27 of over 12,000 amendments ever ratified. Lepore charts the history of the many movements that have tried to change the constitution, from environmentalists to political reformists, and comments on what happens when a constitution no longer reflects its people.

About the Author:

Jill Lepore is the David Woods Kemper ’41 Professor of American History at Harvard University and professor of law at Harvard Law School. She is also a staff writer at The New Yorker. Her many books include the international bestseller These Truths: A History of the United States. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.