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Child of Fortune: A Correspondent's Report on the Ratification of the U.S. Constitution & the Battle for a Bill of Rights
Child of Fortune A Correspondent's Report on the Ratification of the US Constitution the Battle for a Bill of Rights Author:Jeffrey St. John With his simulated day-by-day reportage, prize-winning journalist-historian Jeffrey St. John makes you an eyewitness to the 1787-1788 political battle to ratify the U.S. Constitution. He also provides a thorough analysis of the Constitution & of the way it was perceived by Americans at the time. Vastly entertaining, based on documented & newly-a... more »vailable sources, this book is both a popular history & an important contribution to the study of the founding of the American Republic; for students, academics, & general readers. Foreword by Former Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Warren Burger.« less