Signing their rights away Denise Kurnan & Joseph D''Agnese Book
by Denise Kurnan & Joseph D''Agnese

Number of Pages: 256 pages
Publisher: Quirk Books
Publish Date: Sep 5, 2011
ASIN: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004J4XGMC/?tag=connectings01-20" target="_blank" title="Amazon ASIN">B004J4XGMC

Book Comments & Discussion

AbagailJun 2013

I purchased this book in Philadelphia last year ... and finally read it through. What an amazing array of men and what an insightful document. Reading through, this group of men learned from the mistakes of their pasts and moved forward to join a Nation.

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Unfold Book Jacket for a Full-Color Reproduction of the U.S. Constitution

With their book Signing Their Lives Away, Denise Kiernan and Joseph D’Agnese introduced readers to the 56 statesmen (and occasional scoundrels!) who signed the Declaration of Independence. Now they’ve turned their attention to the 39 men who met in the summer of 1787 and put their names to the U.S. Constitution.

Signing Their Rights Away chronicles a moment in American history when our elected officials knew how to compromise—and put aside personal gain for the greater good of the nation. These men were just as quirky and flawed as the elected officials we have today: Hugh Williamson believed in aliens, Robert Morris went to prison, Jonathan Dayton stole $18,000 from Congress, and Thomas Mifflin was ruined by alcohol. Yet somehow these imperfect men managed to craft the world’s most perfect Constitution. With 39 mini-biographies and a reversible dust jacket that
unfolds into a poster of the original document, Signing Their Rights Away offers an entertaining and enlightening narrative for history buffs of all ages.

From the Hardcover edition.