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The Great Convention
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BOOK WORLD
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9 / 1987 |
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W. Wesley McDonald
W. Wesley McDonald is associate professor of political science
at Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania. |
MIRACLE AT PHILADELPHIA
The Story of the Constitutional Convention, May to September 1787,
Catherine Drinker Bowen, new foreword by Warren E. Burger
(Boston: Little, Brown Books, 1966) Republished, Little, Brown and Co., 1986
246 pp., $8.95
1787: THE GRAND CONVENTION
Clinton Rossiter
(New York: MacMillan, 1966) Republished, New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1987
443 pp., $8.95
THE GREAT REHEARSAL
The Story of the Making and Ratifying of the Constitution of the United States
Carl van Doren
(New York: Viking Penguin Inc., 1948) Republished, Penguin Books, 1986
336 pp., $6.95
Ten years ago, when a number of constitutional historians and political scientists began planning for the 200th anniversary of the Constitution, they envisioned a national celebration that would improve not only public knowledge and interest in the document but also stimulate serious original thought on its history, development, and influence on American society and political institutions. But little in the way of important new work has been forthcoming. Although a torrent of bicentennial books has flooded the market, very few offer new perspectives or insights on the
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