1787: A Novel [Paperback]

Joan Anderson (Author), Alexander Farquharson (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1987

A grand re-creation of the historic summer of the Constitutional Convention and the great men who attended it, as seen through the eyes of a young student. Illustrations.

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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

This book almost achieves the impossible: combining a story of romance with the Constitutional Convention of 1787. Wealthy Jared Mifflin and Hetty Morris are in love. But after Jared is assigned to be James Madison's assistant, he has hardly any leisure time. Jared's summer job both challenges and bores him, making him see the evils of slavery and disparities of class in Philadelphia for the first time. But Jared and Hetty are little more than "witnesses to history." Lively in its depiction of the period, 1787 is not plotted strongly enough to succeed as fiction. This is too bad, since Jared's observations of the Conventionits issues and delegateshave immediacy and warmth. Ages 10-up.
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Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Harcourt Brace & Co. (January 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0153083980
• ISBN-13: 978-0153083983
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,163,203 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Joan Anderson is a journalist and the bestselling author of A Year by the
Sea, An Unfinished Marriage, A Walk on the Beach, and A Weekend to Change
Your Life. She lives with her husband on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and
conducts weekend workshops for women around the country.