We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution Hardcover – (JILL LEPORE/WH) kirkwood “Lee is Trapped

“Lee is Trapped

In a series of character-driven chapters

weaving together biography and political history

from Walt Whitman and Mark Twain to Grantland Rice and Ring Lardner

which proved critical to the Union’s ultimate success and Grant's eventual solidification as one of the most significant military commanders in American history

We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution Hardcover – (JILL LEPORE/WH) kirkwood “Lee is TrappedThe U. S. Constitution is among the oldest constitutions in the world but also one of the most difficult to amend. Jill Lepore, Harvard professor of history and law, explains why in We the People, the most original history of the Constitution in decadesand an essential companion to her landmark history of the United States, These Truths. Published on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the nations foundingthe anniversary, too, of the first state