Miracle at Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention, May to September 1787 (Audiobook)

from torrey23

This is a good book. It provides an in-depth look at the constitutional convention, and then a more general look at the ratifying conventions. Anyone who is interested in how the Constitution came about should read this book. I highly recommend it.

from kukulaj

This is a straightforward telling of the convention where the U. S. Constitution was formulated, and its subsequent ratification. It doesn't stay totally on the surface but it doesn't go into any significant depth either. It just touches on a bit of the controversies about the characters and moti...

from kkirkhoff

This book uses reports, newspapers, journals, letters, and delegates' diaries to outline what went on that led to the creation of the US Constitution. Some of the key sticking points for the delegates were whether the states would be represented equally or by population. The type of government wa...

from mattries37315

A nation new to its independence dealing with issues internally and external, it's nascent future hanging by a thread all comes down to 55 men from across its length and breadth to come up with a solution. In her 1966 historical review of what became known as the Constitutional Convention, Cather...

from lastweeksapocalypse

I did not like this book (as is perhaps clear). The clearest, and only, statement of her thesis is the title of the book, making this a difficult book to discuss in terms of theses. While I do like how (tediously) closely this depicts the Constitutional Convention (something of continual interest...