The Men Who Made the Constitution: Lives of the Delegates to the Constitutional Convention

by John R. Vile

Book Overview

In The Men Who Made the Constitution, constitutional scholar John R. Vileexplores 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810888645
• ISBN13: 9780810888647
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 484 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 9.1"