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Author:

Ransom, Candice F., 1952-

Title:

Who wrote the U.S. Constitution? : and other questions about the Constitutional Convention of 1787 / by Candice Ransom.

Publisher:

Lerner Publications Company,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

48 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 23 cm.

Subject:

United States.--Constitutional Convention--(1787)
United States.--Constitution.
United States--Politics and government--1783-1789.
Constitutional history--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 46-47) and index.

Contents:

Gathering -- The convention begins -- A new plan -- Separation of powers -- The great compromise -- Of and for the people.

Summary:

Provides an overview of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, describing how men from all over the thirteen colonies gathered in Philadelphia to save the troubled U.S. government, amend the Articles of Confederation, and create the Constitution.

Series:

Six questions of American history

ISBN:

076136126X
9780761361268 (pbk.)

LCCN:

2009047425

Locations:

NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)

MWPB943 -- Dayton Public Library (Dayton)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

KWPE446 -- Mount Pleasant Public Library (Mount Pleasant)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)

DKPC353 -- Sheffield Public Library (Sheffield)