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Not exactly perfect for your purposes, but Revolutionary Characters by Gordon S. Wood is my favorite U.S. history book. It's a bunch of character studies of a bunch of the founding fathers. Probably less boring than most history books, and you'll come out of it with a general picture of the early stages of the republic and a comprehensive knowledge of the people who founded it.
There's a great book called Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different. It really delves into the motivations of our founding fathers and isn't afraid to talk about their many flaws and failures.
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