The Summer of 1787
The Men Who Invented the Constitution
by David O. Stewart
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The successful creation of the Consititution is a suspense story. The Summery of 1787 takes us into the sweltering room in which delegates struggled for four months to produce the flawed but enduring document that would define the nation--then and now. The room was croweded with colorful and passionate characters, some known-alexander Hamiton, Gouverneur Morris, Edmund Randolph--and others largely forgotten. In a country continually arguing over the document's original intent, it is fascinating to watch these powerful characters struggle toward consensus--often reluctantly--to write a document that coul evolve with the nation.
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The Summer of 1787: The Men Who Invented the Constitution
May 20, 2008, Simon & Schuster
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Summer Of 1787: The Men Who Invented the Constitution
2007, Simon & Schuster
in English
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The summer of 1787: the men who wrote the U.S. constitution / David O. Stewart.
2007, Simon & Schuster
in English
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The Summer of 1787: The Men Who Invented the Constitution
April 10, 2007, Simon & Schuster
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in English
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"Snow was falling outside as George Washington mulled over the problem with his neighbor; George Mason."
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Mr. Stewart ... has done a fine job of pulling together the details of the deliverations that resulted in the U.S. Constitution. . . . He unfuses the story with drama and provides glimpses of life during the hot summer . . . also offers fascinating biographical portraits. . . . Like any good historian, David Stweart looks beneath the surface to find that real story, and this makes The Summer of 1787 a valuable addition to the literature about the creation of the American Constitution.
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