The Constitution's Penman: Gouverneur Morris and the Creation of America's Basic Charter - Paperback
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The Constitution's Penman: Gouverneur Morris and the Creation of America's Basic Charter
Runner-Up: Journal of the American Revolution Book of the Year
Strikingly few Americans know who wrote the Constitution. Even fewer know that he was a peg-legged ladies' man with a wicked sense of humor, a staunch opponent of slavery, and an unabashed elitist. Gouverneur Morris, who has been described as "the most colorful man in North America" at the time of the founding, was a dominant figure at...
Dennis C. Rasmussen is professor of political science, Syracuse University, and the author of Fears of a Setting Sun: The Disillusionment of America's Founders and The Infidel and the Professor: David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship That Shaped Modern Thought.
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