TY  - BOOK
AU  - Morris,Richard B.
TI  - Witnesses at the creation: Hamilton, Madison, Jay, and the Constitution 
SN  - 0451626869
AV  - E303 .M6675 1989
PY  - 1989///
CY  - New York
PB  - New American Library
KW  - Hamilton, Alexander,
KW  - Madison, James,
KW  - Jay, John,
KW  - United States
KW  - Constitution
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1783-1789
N1  - "A Mentor book."; BIBINDX; By Way of Preamble. The Plan Unfolds -- Alexander Hamilton and the Quest for Fame -- John Jay: Aristocrat as Nationalist -- Triumph at Paris: The Winning of Independence -- James Madison: Republican Champion of the Rights of Man -- A Nation Unhinged. Conspiracy and Depression -- The Years of "National Humiliation" -- Move and Countermove: Annapolis and the Shaysites -- A Nation United. Behind Closed Doors -- "With Trembling Anxiety" -- A New Order for the Ages -- Notes on the Sources -- Index
N2  - Illustrates how the Constitution was debated, amended, and ratified through the persuasive support of these three men
ER  -