description: s/ The Making of the United States ConstitutionA narrative with all the drama of good fiction, this book is an accurate, day-by-day account of the pivotal event of American history--the 1787 Convention that drafted the Constitution. Transported to Philadelphia with 55 delegates from 12 states, the reader shares their 4-month struggle to create a new framework of government to preserve a shaky Union. Written with the immediacy of vivid reporting, the book reverberates with great speeches for &amp; against principles that today form the bedrock of American government. From the sometimes angry debates of men whose characters &amp; motivations are revealed thru their actual words &amp; acts, readers will see the Constitution take form, vote by vote, clause by clause. The book also follows the delegates as they dine in Philadelphia's inns &amp; taverns, meet to devise strategy, attend church or sample the pleasures of the country's largest city. Readers will be left with a new understanding of the nation's beginnings &amp; the closest thing to a sense of having been there.--Publisher description.
language: English
title: A More Perfect Union
titlecomplete: A More Perfect Union
genres: American History, History, Politics, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 30
publisher: Random House Value Publishing