MIRACLE AT PHILADELPHIA
by Bowen, Catherine Drinker
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Very good+
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Columbia, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
Book-of-the-Month Club, 1986. Hardcover. Fine/Very good+. With a New Introduction Henry Steele Commager. Book-of-the-Month Club, c1986.346pp., index, illustrations Warren Chappell. 8vo. White cloth with red and blue titles on front cover and spine, red ribbon marker. Fine hardcover, Very Good d/j, fine slipcase.
Synopsis
Miracle At Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention is a work of historical non-fiction, written by Catherine Drinker Bowen and originally published in 1966. Bowen recounts the Philadelphia Convention, a meeting in 1787 that created the United States Constitution. Bowen draws much of her information from notes and journals of the Framers, especially James Madison.
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- Seller
- Columbia Books, Inc. ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 99649
- Title
- MIRACLE AT PHILADELPHIA
- Author
- Bowen, Catherine Drinker
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Book-of-the-Month Club
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- AMERICANA
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Columbia Books, Inc. ABAA/ILAB
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About Columbia Books, Inc. ABAA/ILAB
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art and textiles, poetry, children\'s and illustrated, Missouriana, antiquarian books.
Prints and maps are stocked as well.
Established 1977, member ABAA/ILAB
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