George Mason of Gunston Hall was a scholarly craftsman of
government during America's crucial formative years. His Virginia
Declaration of Rights provided a sense of purpose and direction to
the rebellious colonies, and his vigorous insistence on the
protection of personal liberties in the Constitution is reflected
in the document's first ten amendments, the Bill of Rights. Fellow
Virginian Thomas Jefferson said of Mason that he "was of the first
order of greatness."
Few Americans who have served their country, however, have met
with as little recognition. Essentially a private person who cared
nothing for political prestige, Mason had been overshadowed by the
other founders of the Republic -- although most of them had turned
to him for advice and direction. In a concise, cogently written
biography, a distinguished historian restores the "reluctant
statesman" to his proper place in the pantheon of America's
greatest citizens.
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