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s/t: The Making of the United States Constitution A narrative with all the drama of good fiction, this book is an accurate, day-by-day account of the pivotal event of American history--the 1787 Convention that drafted the Constitution. Transported to Philadelphia with 55 delegates from 12 states, the reader shares their 4-month struggle to create a new framework of government to preserve a shaky Union. Written with the immediacy of vivid reporting, the book reverberates with great speeches for & against principles that today form the bedrock of American government. From the sometimes angry debates of men whose characters & motivations are revealed thru their actual words & acts, readers will see the Constitution take form, vote by vote, clause by clause. The book also follows the delegates as they dine in Philadelphia's inns & taverns, meet to devise strategy, attend church or sample the pleasures of the country's largest city. Readers will be left with a new understanding of the nation's beginnings & the closest thing to a sense of having been there.--Publisher description.
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A More Perfect Union, William Ernest Peters Jr.
- Langue
- Année de publication
- 1987
- Reliure
- (rigide),
- État du livre
- Abîmé
- Prix
- 8,19 €
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- Titre
- A More Perfect Union
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- William Ernest Peters Jr.
- Éditeur
- Crown Publishers
- Publié
- 1987
- Format
- rigide
- Pages
- 301
- ISBN10
- 0517564505
- ISBN13
- 9780517564509
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Politique, États-Unis, Histoire des États-Unis
- Description
- s/t: The Making of the United States Constitution A narrative with all the drama of good fiction, this book is an accurate, day-by-day account of the pivotal event of American history--the 1787 Convention that drafted the Constitution. Transported to Philadelphia with 55 delegates from 12 states, the reader shares their 4-month struggle to create a new framework of government to preserve a shaky Union. Written with the immediacy of vivid reporting, the book reverberates with great speeches for & against principles that today form the bedrock of American government. From the sometimes angry debates of men whose characters & motivations are revealed thru their actual words & acts, readers will see the Constitution take form, vote by vote, clause by clause. The book also follows the delegates as they dine in Philadelphia's inns & taverns, meet to devise strategy, attend church or sample the pleasures of the country's largest city. Readers will be left with a new understanding of the nation's beginnings & the closest thing to a sense of having been there.--Publisher description.