# The Constitutional Convention

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- Book: [The Constitutional Convention](https://www.bookquiver.com/james-madison/the-constitutional-convention) ([The Constitutional Convention.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/james-madison/the-constitutional-convention.md))
- Authors: [James Madison](https://www.bookquiver.com/james-madison), [Edward J. Larson](https://www.bookquiver.com/edward-j-larson), [Michael P. Winship](https://www.bookquiver.com/michael-p-winship)
- Publisher: modern_library
- ISBN: 978-08-1297-517-8
- Pages: 256
- Published: 2005-11-08
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

In 1787, the American union was in disarray. The incompatible demands of the separate states threatened its existence; some states were even in danger of turning into the kind of tyranny they had so recently...