The bestselling authors of The Century take us on a journey looking for connections between 21st-century America and the ideas of the Founding Fathers, a project coinciding with a landmark primetime ABC-TV series. Exquisitely designed, lavishly illustrated with photographs, and peppered with fascinating sidebars, this superb blend of eyewitness reporting and history is a significant, timely achievement. The television series of the same name will air on ABC-TV September 3-9. September.