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Fifty-five fathers ; the story of the Constitutional Convention /

Retells the story of the Philadelphia convention in 1787 drawing on the original notes of James Madison and on the diary of William Pierce.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Williams, Selma R.
Other Authors:	Frankenberg, Robert, 1911-2001
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Dodd, Mead, [1970]
Subjects:	United States. > Constitutional Convention > (1787) > Juvenile literature. Constitutional history > United States > Juvenile literature. United States. > Constitutional Convention (1787) United States. > Constitution.

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