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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 and of the way it was perceived by Americans at the time. Vastly entertaining, based on documented and newly-available sources, this book is both a popular history and an important contribution to the study of the founding of the American Republic; for students, academics, and general readers. Foreword by Former Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Warren Burger.St. John, Jeffrey is the author of 'Child of Fortune A Correspondent's Report on the Ratification of the U.S. Constitution and Battle for a Bill of Rights' with ISBN 9780915463565 and ISBN 0915463563.
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