The Bill of Rights: A User's Guide
- ISBN-10
- 093276567X
- ISBN-13
- 9780932765673
- Series
- The Bill of Rights
- Category
- Civil rights
- Pages
- 247
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995
- Publisher
- Close Up Foundation
- Author
- Linda R. Monk
Description
Describes the history and development of the first ten Constitutional amendments, also known as the Bill of Rights, and presents stories of the many people who have helped to keep it a living document.
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- 2018-10-05
- 80 pages
- Paperback
- Independently Published
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