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Plain, honest men : the making of the American Constitution Richard Beeman
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks KF 4510 .B44 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beeman, Richard R.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Constitutional Convention (1787).
- United States.
- Constitutional history--United States.
- Constitutional history.
- Physical Description:
- xxv, 514 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm.
- Edition:
- Random House trade pbk. ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2010, c2009.
- Summary:
- Provides an account of the making of the U.S. Constitution, discussing the meetings that took place in Philadelphia in the summer of 1787 to design a new government, and examining the ideas brought by such men as James Madison, George Washington, Roger Sherman, and other delegates.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [447]-495) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0812976843
- 9780812976847
- OCLC:
- 1039412523
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