From Parchment to Power: How James Madison Used the Bill of Rights to Save the Constitution

By Robert A. Goldwin

Book Overview

This book tells how the Bill of Rights was amended to the Constitution and explains how that addition completed the Constitution by clarifying the status of the American people. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0844740128
• ISBN13: 9780844740126
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: UNKNO
• Length: 213 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 1.0" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

A Great Explanation

A truly wonderful, easy to read portrayal of Mr. Madison, a federalist who saw the political advantage to a Bill of Rights and undertook the task to write the amendments that saved the Constitution.