Signing their rights away

the fame and misfortune of the men who signed the United States Constitution

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254 pages

English language

Published April 22, 2011 by Quirk Book.

ISBN:
978-1-59474-520-1
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OCLC Number:
693809645

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3 stars (1 review)

Presents the lives, deaths, and scandals involving the thirty-nine signers of the United States Constitution, including Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, and James McHenry.

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reviewed Signing their rights away by Denise Kiernan

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3 stars

This is not a page turner. What this is really useful for is a bathroom book. Small, digestible chunks that let you read a little and put the book down. What this book does is present brief biographical sketches (around 4-5 pages each) of each of the signers of the U.S. Constitution. This is fine for what it is, and I enjoyed reading it, but don't go into it with the wrong idea. If you go into this looking for a serious work of historical analysis you will be very disappointed. At the end is the Constitution itself, and a section of trivia about it.

Subjects

  • Politics and government
  • Legislators
  • Presidents
  • Signers
  • United States
  • Founding Fathers of the United States
  • History
  • Biography
  • Statesmen

Places

  • United States