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Miracle At Philadelphia [Hardcover]

Catherine Drinker Bowen (Author)
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January 30, 1966
Miracle At Philadelphia: The story of the Constitutional Convention, May to September 1787 by Catherine Drinker Bowen, Warren Chappell, and Henry Steele Commager (Hardcover - 1966)


Product Details

  • Hardcover: 346 pages
  • Publisher: Little, Brown and Company (January 30, 1966)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0316103888
  • ISBN-13: 978-0316103886
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #265,206 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars Second time I 've ordered., February 10, 2010
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The book arrived in pristine condition.

This is a great book. Second time in a few months I've ordered it. Gave it as gifts.

Advise anyone who hasn't read it to do so.
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4.0 out of 5 stars History can be influenced, October 4, 2010
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Years ago I read Ms Bowen's auto of John Adams. I was very impressed with her story telling Skills. It read like a novel. Today we hear lots about 'OUR FOUNDING FATHERS'...and i have the idea most of those who invoke the reference really don't know much about them, how they fought, how they were so protective of their state's interests. In fact, according to MY opinion, the Constitution of the United States is a COMPROMISE document. When they couldn't agree on someting they just ignored the subject. Look what they did with the slavery problem... just moved it down the road tweny years (Article I, Section 9) (Slavery)shall not be prohibited by the congress prior to the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eight...

Miracle at Philadelphia has been classified by others as a soft and romantic version of what happened at the Constitutional Convention, but I found it very humanizing. It is one of three book I hve just re-visited on the subject, and I enjoyed it greatly. If one is not a history buff this is a book on history for you
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