The men who made the Constitution : lives of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention / John R. Vile.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vile, John R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Constitution--Signers--Biography.

United States.

United States. Constitutional Convention (1787).

Constitutional history--United States.

Constitutional history.

Constitutional conventions--United States--History--18th century.

Constitutional conventions.

Founding Fathers of the United States--Biography.

Founding Fathers of the United States.

United States--Politics and government--1783-1789.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (485 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In The Men Who Made the Constitution, constitutional scholar John R. Vile explores the lives and contributions of all delegates to the 1787 Constitutional Convention, including those who left before the Convention ended and those who stayed until the last day but refused to sign. Each biography records the delegate's birth, education, previous positions or public service roles, homes, family life, life after the Convention, death, and resting place. Drawing directly from Co

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; Delegates by State; Delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787; Dictionary of Key Terms; Questions about the Delegates; Appendix. The Constitution for the United States; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 10, 2013).

ISBN:

0-8108-8865-3