The Bill of Rights: The Fight to Secure America's Liberties
- ISBN-10
- 1476743800
- ISBN-13
- 9781476743806
- Series
- The Bill of Rights
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 272
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-05-24
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Author
- Carol Berkin
Description
Describes how the Bill of Rights came into existence, detailing how the Founders argued over the contents of the document, reflecting an ideological divide between the power of the federal versus state governments that still exists to this day.
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