Lawrence Goldstone throws new light on the framing of the U. S. Constitution in this intriguing chronicle of the Constitutional debates, bringing to life the remarkable range of personalities and rivalries that forged the foundation of our country. The Constitutional Convention of 1787 is generally viewed as dominated by the likes of Madison, Mason, Gouverneur Morris, and a few others; in fact, as Goldstone shows, relative unknowns like Rutledge, Ellsworth, and Sherman took over the debate and forged its eventual outcome. He also reveals how the debate over slavery was not split along North-South lines.
- ISBN10 0802714609
- ISBN13 9780802714602
- Publish Date 20 October 2005
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 20 July 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Walker & Company
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 230
- Language English