Decision in Philadelphia: The Constitutional Convention of 1787
- ISBN-10
- 162064195X
- ISBN-13
- 9781620641958
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 448
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-05-01
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Authors
- James Lincoln Collier, Christopher Collier
Description
Fifty-five men met in Philadelphia in 1787 to write a document that would create a country and change a world: the Constitution. Here is a remarkable rendering of that fateful time, told with humanity and humor. Decision in Philadelphia is the best popular history of the Constitutional Convention; in it, the life and times of eighteenth century America not only come alive, but the very human qualities of the men who framed the document are brought provocatively into focus-casting many of the Founding Fathers in a new light. A celebration of how and why our Constitution came into being, Decision in Philadelphia is also a testament of the American spirit at its finest.
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