Bibliograph

The founders, the 39 stories behind the U.S. Constitution, Dennis Brindell Fradin ; illustrations by Michael McCurdy

Type

Label

The founders, the 39 stories behind the U.S. Constitution, Dennis Brindell Fradin ; illustrations by Michael McCurdy

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-155) and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The founders

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

57422784

Responsibility statement

Dennis Brindell Fradin ; illustrations by Michael McCurdy

Sub title

the 39 stories behind the U.S. Constitution

Summary

A companion volume to "The Signers" looks at how the delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies met in Philadelphia in the summer of 1787, to create, debate, and eventually sign the United States Constitution

Table Of Contents

I. Delaware. John Dickinson -- George Read -- Gunning Redford, Jr. -- Jacob Broom -- Richard Bassett -- II. Pennsylvania. Benjamin Franklin -- James Wilson -- Gouverneur Morris -- Robert Morris -- George Clymer -- Thomas Miffin -- Jared Ingersoll -- Thomas Fitzsimons -- III. New Jersey. William Livingston -- William Paterson -- David Brearley -- Jonathan Dayton -- IV. Georgia. Abraham Baldwin -- William Few -- V. Connecticut. Roger Sherman -- William Samuel Johnson -- VI. Massachusetts. Nathaniel Gorham -- Rufus King -- VII. Maryland. James McHenry -- Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer -- Daniel Carroll -- VIII. South Carolina. John Rutledge -- Pierce Butler -- Charles Cotesworth Pinckney -- Charles Pinckney -- IX. New Hampshire. John Langdon -- Nicholas Gilman -- X. Virginia. James Madison -- George Washington -- John Blair -- XI. New York. Alexander Hamilton -- XII. North Carolina. Hugh Williamson -- Richard Dobbs Spaight -- William Blount -- XIII. Rhode Island

Target audience

juvenile

Contributor