Description
Includes a complete copy of the Constitution.
Fifty-five men met in Philadelphia in 1787 to write a document that would create a country and change a world. Here is a remarkable rendering of that fateful time, told with humanity and humor. "The best popular history of the Constitutional Convention available."--Library Journal
Author: Christopher Collier
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 06/26/2007
Pages: 448
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9780345498403
ISBN10: 0345498402
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
- Political Science | Constitutions
- History | Military | Revolutions & Wars of Independence (See Also Unit
Fifty-five men met in Philadelphia in 1787 to write a document that would create a country and change a world. Here is a remarkable rendering of that fateful time, told with humanity and humor. "The best popular history of the Constitutional Convention available."--Library Journal
Author: Christopher Collier
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 06/26/2007
Pages: 448
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9780345498403
ISBN10: 0345498402
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
- Political Science | Constitutions
- History | Military | Revolutions & Wars of Independence (See Also Unit
About the Author
Christopher Collier is an author and historian. He attended Clark University and Columbia University, where he earned his PhD. He was the official Connecticut State Historian from 1984 to 2004 and is now professor of history emeritus at the University of Connecticut. He is the brother of James Lincoln Collier, with whom he has written a number of novels, most of which are based on historic events. His books have been nominated for several awards, including the Newbery Honor and the Pulitzer Prize.