Miracle at Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention, May to September 1787

Buy it now, I got mine for $1 at a book swap.

The book is very well written. The author recreates the timeline of the Constitutional Convention and tells it like a story. The author's incorporation of the actual comments that were recorded during the convention are excellent. It unfolds the conflicts that faced the founding fathers in their quest to identify the proper government structure for a new nation. By reading the novel, you get a real appreciation for the importance of the time, the key members, and the convention's significance in our success as a nation. Additionally, Bowen interjects comments regarding the culture of the time, including some insight into the early years of Philadelphia and 13 colonies. As a Philadelphian it was interesting to read about how the city's culture hasn't changed much over the years.

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informative

This book was interesting as well as creative. The author uses a variety of descriptive words to entertain the reader. However, subjects within the chapters, seemed to jump around from one topic to another very quickly.

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Life changing experience!

Bowen, who was an amateur historian, I might add, did an incredible job of explaining the motives of our forefathers. When I read this book, it had a great impact on my life and made me realize how thankful I should be that there is such a thing as the United States of America. This book should be a requirement for all Americans to read. Proud to be one!!

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Excellent Book

This book examines the history of the Constitutional Convention and helps you understand the truly miraculous events that lead to the Constitution of The United States. This book is interesting and will lay an excellent foundation of understanding to younger readers. I thought this book was excellent.

The Miracle Continues...

This history tells of the struggle to create the U.S. Constitution. After 200 years of living under the Constitution, the result seems obvious, but as this history clearly demonstrates, there was nothing obvious about its final form. Given the divisive opinions and strong passions of the participants, the Constitutional Convention could have failed to reach a consensus and dissolved, with the thirteen states lapsing into anarchy and antagonism. Well worth reading. Because the convention was held under a veil of secrecy, maybe the ultimate lesson is that political horse-trading cannot take place when exposed to the harsh glare of media exposure and criticism. I doubt that the Constitutional Convention would have succeeded today.

Very Enlightening!!

Even during these times when it came time to ratify the constitution it was as controversial then as are other topics are now in our government. It lends insight as to how certain issues were debated and conclusions were arrived at during and after the convention.

A reviewer

I found this book informative for my project on the Constitutional Convention but not entertaining in any way. If you nedd information this book is okay if you are looking for an interesting piece of history, not so much.

Boring

I had to read this book over the summer for a Ap US History class, and it did not meet my expectations at all. The book is too long and the details are unnessary. I would not recomend this book to anyone who wants to find out facts, read an encyclopedia instead. It was annoying how the author switched from past to future and then present in the same paragraph. A book I had to force myself to read.

don't read

this is the worst book i have ever read im only 15 and all this book does is droan on the 2nd page is about how old the people in the convention were dont read it unless you have to i felt like i was dying inside i cried after 2 minutes

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Very Boring

I don't recommend reading this unless otherwise forced. The book is sparatically written and very hard to follow. Unless you absolutely adore History, I wouldn't advise wasting your time. While the author does try to make the event more interesting by including personal thoughts and information from the delagates, it is much too long winded.

Fascinating,every American should read it

This book was a tremendous eye opener to me.I had read the Constitution many times before,but in this book I found how each part of the Constitution came to be.How some parts almost never were and how the whole effort to create this great document almost ended in failure.This book brings a humanity to the men who have been banished to the faces of our money and whose memories are all too often spat upon in the nation they strove so hard to create.This book is fantastic.

more intrigue then I'd imagined

This book was a delight. It is a description of the political wisdom, intrigues and accidents that produced this country. An important subject described in an engaging, interesting way.

YUCK!!!!

I had to read this book for school and would definitely NOT recommend it to anyone. Unless you really love history, I am sure you will not like this book. There are many confusing details about Constitutional delegates that don't fit into chapters and are merely thrown in randomly. Very hard to follow and stay interested in.

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good

it was good and had to read it for school. It was interesting and if you are into US history, it provides alot of detail. It was interesting to read such detail. Although it wasn't exciting it gave me a lot of knowledge .

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