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Miracle at Philadelphia : the story of the Constitutional Convention,May to September,1787.
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This is the story of the stormy, brilliant session of 1787 in Philadelphia which saw the birth of the Constitution of the United States. Looked at straight from the records, the Federal Convention is startlingly fresh and new.
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Miracle at Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention May - September 1787
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"Miracle at Philadelphia" is Catherine Drinker Bowen's classic history of the Federal Convention at Philadelphia in 1787, the stormy, dramatic session that produced the most enduring of political documents - the Constitution of the United States.
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John Adams and the American Revolution
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The Lion and the Throne: The Life and Times of Sir Edward Coke (1552-1634)
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Sir Edward Coke was perhaps the pre-eminent jurist during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth and King James of England. He was the prime author of the Petition of Right, so this biography is simultaneously the story of the roots of our form of free government. But the man who rose to be the Chief Justice of England was eventually dismissed from the ...
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Family portrait.
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Yankee from Olympus; Justice Holmes and his family
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YANKEE FROM OLYMPUS udtice 7 9o med ana ami CATHERINE DRINKER BOWEN AN ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS BOOK LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY BOSTON 1944 Justice Holmes an etching by Sally Tat For my husband CAPTAIN T. McKEAN DOWNS, M. C. U. S. N. R, Here is a Yankee, strayed from Olympus. From the essay on Justice Holmes by Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant, in Fire ...
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Francis Bacon : the temper of a man
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The portrait Bowen paints of this controversial man, Francis Bacon (1561-1626), balances the outward life and actions of Bacon with the seemingly contradictory aspects of his refined philosophical reflections. When Bacon's more notorious attributes are set in historical context, his actions seem less personally vindictive against the backdrop of ...
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"Beloved friend": the story of Tchaikowsky and Nadejda von Meck.
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Miracle at Philadelphia
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Most Dangerous Man in America: Scenes from the Life of Benjamin Franklin
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Francis Bacon Francis Bacon: The Temper of a Man the Temper of a Man
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The portrait Bowen paints of this controversial man, Francis Bacon (1561-1626), balances the outward life and actions of Bacon with the seemingly contradictory aspects of his refined philosophical reflections. When Bacon's more notorious attributes are set in historical context, his actions seem less personally vindictive against the backdrop of ...
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Beloved Friend
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Free artist; the story of Anton and Nicholas Rubinstein.
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Free Artist - THE STORY OF ANTON AND NICHOLAS RUBINSTEIN BY CATHERINE DRINKER BOWEN Nicholas and Anton Rubinstein in 1868 To FRANCES WOODWARD CURTIS Dear Frances, There comes a point in the making of every book when the writer, intoxicated by sight of the goal, believes he has actually said what he meant to say, and soars off in a half-filled ...
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Biography: The Craft and the Calling
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Adventures of a biographer.
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Most Dangerous Man in America
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A charming and captivating biography of Benjamin Franklin that focuses on specific scenes in Franklin's colorful younger years.
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Miracle at Philadelphia
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"Miracle at Philadelphia" is Catherine Drinker Bowen's classic history of the Federal Convention at Philadelphia in 1787, the stormy, dramatic session that produced the most enduring of political documents - the Constitution of the United States.
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Yankee from Olympus.
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The art of history; two lectures: The old history and the new
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Allan Nevins, Catherine Drinker Bowen, Gertrude Clarke Whittall Poetry and Literature Fund
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The music lovers : the story of Tchaikowsky and Nadejda von Meck
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Catherine Drinker Bowen, Barbara Von Meck
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Rufus Starbuck's wife
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