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Miracle at Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention, May to September 1787
Contributor(s): Bowen, Catherine Drinker (Author), Underwood, Kristen (Read by)
ISBN: 1470847736     ISBN-13: 9781470847739
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
OUR PRICE:   $29.66  
Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats
Published: August 2012
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Constitutions
- History | United States - General
- Law | Constitutional
Dewey: 342.730
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 18th Century
- Geographic Orientation - Pennsylvania
- Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic
- Locality - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
 
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Publisher Description:
Miracle at Philadelphia is the story of that stormy, brilliant session of 1787 in Philadelphia which saw the birth of the Constitution of the United States. Looked at straight from the records, the Federal Convention is startlingly fresh and new, as if you are actually there mingling with the delegates, hearing their arguments, and witnessing a dramatic moment in history. Here is the fascinating record of those hot, sultry summer months of debate when ideas clashed and tempers flared. Here is the country as it was then, as described by Berkshire farmers, Patrick Henry's fringed-legginged Kentucky allies, and French and English travelers. Here, too, are the offstage voices--Thomas Jefferson, Tom Paine, and John Adams from Europe--all intensely concerned with what was going on in Philadelphia.

Contributor Bio(s): Bowen, Catherine Drinker: -

Catherine Drinker Bowen (1897-1973) was one of the most prominent practitioners in the field of literary biography. Her two best-known works, John Adams and the American Revolution and Yankee from Olympus, have been praised as faithful and sympathetic portraits of distinguished Americans.