What is the constitution? / Patricia Brennan Demuth ; illustrated by Kevin McVeigh, Tim Foley.
Material type: TextSeries: What was--?Description: 108 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmISBN:- 9781524786090
- 1524786098
- 9781524786113
- 152478611X
- Constitutional history -- United States -- 18th century -- Juvenile literature
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / Colonial & Revolutionary Periods
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Law & Crime
- Constitutional history -- United States -- 18th century -- Juvenile literature
- JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Science / Politics & Government
- 342.73 DEM 23
- KF4541 .D46 2018
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Non Fiction | MVS Library Children's Room | G- Nonfiction (Juvenile) | 342.73 OCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 4006445 |
Includes bibliographical reference (page 108).
"We the people at Who HQ bring readers the full story--arguments and all--of how the US Constitution came into being. Signed on September 17, 1787--four years after the American War for Independence--the Constitution laid out the supreme law of the United States of America. Today it's easy for us to take this blueprint of our government for granted. But the Framers--fifty-five men from almost all of the original 13 states--argued fiercely for many months over what ended up being only a four-page document. Here is a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the hotly fought issues--those between Northern and Southern States; big states and little ones--and the key players such as James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and George Washington who suffered through countless revisions to make the Constitution happen"--
8-12
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