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- catalog abstract "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 fifty-five delegates from twelve states, the reader shares their four-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 and against principles that today form the bedrock of American government. From the sometimes angry debates of men whose characters and motivations are revealed through their actual words and 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 and 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 and the closest thing to a sense of having been there.--From publisher description. "The making of the United States Constitution"--Jacket subtitle.".
- catalog contributor b668373.
- catalog created "c1987.".
- catalog date "1987".
- catalog date "c1987.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1987.".
- catalog description ""The making of the United States Constitution"--Jacket subtitle.".
- catalog description "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 fifty-five delegates from twelve states, the reader shares their four-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 and against principles that today form the bedrock of American government. From the sometimes angry debates of men whose characters and motivations are revealed through their actual words and 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 and 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 and the closest thing to a sense of having been there.--From publisher description.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. 255-257.".
- catalog description "The delegates -- Fears and hopes -- Secrecy -- A leap into the future -- The people of the states -- The small states and the large -- A backward step -- Deadlock -- The great compromise -- We the people -- dment and revision -- The slave trade -- The North-South baragin -- The presidency -- last-minute changes -- Agreement and dissent -- Federalists and Antifederalists -- Ratification.".
- catalog extent "294 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "More perfect union.".
- catalog identifier "0517564505".
- catalog isFormatOf "More perfect union.".
- catalog issued "1987".
- catalog issued "c1987.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Crown Publishers,".
- catalog relation "More perfect union.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "342.73/024 347.30224 19".
- catalog subject "Constitutional conventions United States.".
- catalog subject "Constitutional history United States.".
- catalog subject "KF4520 .P48 1987".
- catalog subject "United States. Constitutional Convention (1787)".
- catalog tableOfContents "The delegates -- Fears and hopes -- Secrecy -- A leap into the future -- The people of the states -- The small states and the large -- A backward step -- Deadlock -- The great compromise -- We the people -- dment and revision -- The slave trade -- The North-South baragin -- The presidency -- last-minute changes -- Agreement and dissent -- Federalists and Antifederalists -- Ratification.".
- catalog title "A more perfect union / William Peters.".
- catalog type "text".