"Remarkable...If you read only one book on the Constitution in your life, this could be it" ( Los Angeles Times ): the classic history of the Federal Convention at Philadelphia in 1787, the stormy, dramatic session that produced the most enduring of political documents, the Constitution of the United States. From Catherine Drinker Bowen, noted American biographer and National Book Award winner, comes the canonical account of the Constitutional Convention recommended as "required reading for every American." Looked at ...
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"Remarkable...If you read only one book on the Constitution in your life, this could be it" ( Los Angeles Times ): the classic history of the Federal Convention at Philadelphia in 1787, the stormy, dramatic session that produced the most enduring of political documents, the Constitution of the United States. From Catherine Drinker Bowen, noted American biographer and National Book Award winner, comes the canonical account of the Constitutional Convention recommended as "required reading for every American." Looked at straight from the records, the Federal Convention is startlingly fresh and new, and Mrs. Bowen evokes it as if the reader were actually there, mingling with the delegates, hearing their arguments, witnessing a dramatic moment in history. Here is the fascinating record of the hot, sultry summer months of debate and decision when ideas clashed and tempers flared. Here is the country as it was then, described by contemporaries, by Berkshire farmers in Massachusetts, by Patrick Henry's Kentucky allies, by French and English travelers. Here, too, are the offstage voices--Thomas Jefferson and Tom Paine and John Adams from Europe. In all, fifty-five men attended; and in spite of the heat, in spite of clashing interests--the big states against the little, the slave states against the anti-slave states--in tension and anxiety that mounted week after week, they wrote out a working plan of government and put their signatures to it. "Bowen combines a storyteller's gift with the scholarship of a historian and brings to life both the people of the Constitutional Convention and the issues that they debated. Miracle at Philadelphia is a book for anyone interested in history, democracy, political science, or law." -- Los Angeles Times
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In May of 1787 fifty-five delegates from twelve states (Rhode Island did not send delegates) met in Philadelphia to revise the Articles of Confederation. By the end of summer, the delegates produced the Constitution and set the stage for our current form of government. Miracle at Philadelphia is a vivid narrative of the events of the Convention as well as the subsequent debates over ratification. Author Catherine Drinker Bowen also capably portrays the personalities of those attending the Convention. Readers feel as if they are there at the Convention and get a real sense of the complicated issues facing the framers of our government. In sum, Miracle at Philadelphia is an excellent portrayal of one of the most important events in American history and is must reading for any teacher or student of American government.
