A Child of Fortune

In this exciting audio production, prizewinning journalist and historian Jeffrey St. John simulates daybyday reportage to make you a firsthand witness to the 17871788 political battle to ratify the U.S. Constitution. Discover how close both sides of the debate came to resorting to violence and rigged elections and witness Patrick Henrys challenge to a pistol duel at the Virginia convention. Observe the Constitutions sanction of slavery and the delegate revolts it produced, Massachusetts Governor John Hancocks secret deal to deliver his state in return for support of his candidacy for the presidency, and how the softvoiced James Madison defeated Americas greatest orator.Vastly entertaining, this book is both a popular history and an important contribution to the study of the founding of the American Republic.