An Assembly of Demigods: Word Portraits of the Delegates to the Constitutional Convention by Their Contemporaries

John P. Kaminski; Timothy D. Moore

ISBN 10: 1934795437 / ISBN 13: 9781934795439

Published by Parallel Press, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: An Assembly of Demigods: Word Portraits of the Delegates to the Constitutional Convention by Their Contemporaries
• Publisher: Parallel Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1934795437
• ISBN 13: 9781934795439
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Writing to his dear friend John Adams from Paris in August 1787, Thomas Jefferson referred to the then-meeting Constitutional Convention as “an Assembly of demigods,” a turn of phrase that reflected Jefferson’s considerable confidence in the intellectual powers of the men who gathered in Philadelphia to create a new government for the United States. John Kaminski and Timothy Moore’s An Assembly of Demigods introduces that cast of characters as seen through the eyes of their fellow delegates and other contemporaries. Gracious in praise, withering in critique, the Founders reflect in their own words on the people and ideas that informed—and, even more, transformed—the fabric of early national America.

About the Author

John P. Kaminski is the founder and director of the Center for the Study of the American Constitution in the Department of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he is also editor of the multivolume Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution. A professor emeritus from the College of Letters and Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he is the author or editor of twenty-five other books on early American history.

 Timothy Moore currently serves as the Deputy Director for the Study of the American Constitution at the University of Wisconsin as a documentary editor of the Documentary History of the American Constitution. His responsibilities at the Center include developing outreach programming and writing curricular materials featuring primary source materials on the American Founding Period. Prior to coming to the Center, Moore was a high school teacher for thirty years. He also served as a mentor teacher in various professional development settings and as an educational consultant for organizations focusing on history and civic education.