Miracle at Philadelphia

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Miracle at Philadelphia is a historical narrative by Catherine Drinker Bowen that recounts the debates, personalities, and political struggles surrounding the drafting of the United States Constitution at the 1787 Constitutional Convention.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
historical narrative
non-fiction book
author Catherine Drinker Bowen
countryOfOrigin United States
depictsLocation Philadelphia
featuresCharacter Alexander Hamilton
Benjamin Franklin
Edmund Randolph
George Washington
Gouverneur Morris
James Madison
Roger Sherman
William Paterson
focusesOn debates at the Constitutional Convention
personalities of the Founding Fathers
political struggles over the Constitution
genre history
political history
hasFormat print
hasMediaType text
hasPerspective narrative history
hasSubjectArea American history
constitutional law
political science
intendedAudience general readers
students of American history
language English
mainSubject Constitutional Convention of 1787
Philadelphia Convention
United States Constitution
founding of the United States
narrativeStyle dramatic historical reconstruction
notableFor accessible account of the Constitutional Convention
emphasis on personalities of delegates
placeOfPublication Boston
publicationYear 1966
publisher Little, Brown and Company
setInPeriod Early national period of the United States
timePeriodCovered 1787
topic checks and balances
compromises at the Constitutional Convention
drafting of the United States Constitution
federalism in the United States
ratification debates context
representation in Congress
separation of powers
slavery and the Constitution
structure of the U.S. federal government

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Catherine Drinker Bowen notableWork Miracle at Philadelphia
Catherine Drinker Bowen notableWork Miracle at Philadelphia
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