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Book Discussion – The Quartet OR Miracle at Philadelphia (hybrid)
Join the discussion! The bi-monthly CCHC book group selected two books. Feel free to read one or more.
The Quartet by Joseph Ellis
The American Revolution is over but Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, John Jay, and James Madison still have a revolutionary role to play. In this best seller, Ellis explains why the thirteen colonies, having just fought off the imposition of a distant centralized governing power, would decide to subordinate themselves anew. The author gives us a dramatic portrait of one of the most crucial and misconstrued periods in American history: the years between the end of the Revolution and the formation of the federal government. The Quartet unmasks a myth, and in its place presents an even more compelling truth—one that lies at the heart of understanding the creation of the United States of America. – adapted from Penguin Books
The Miracle at Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention, May to September 1787 by Catherine Drinker Bowen
Looked at straight from the records, the Federal Convention is startlingly fresh and new, and the author evokes it as if the reader were actually there, mingling with the delegates, hearing their arguments, witnessing a dramatic moment in history. Here is the fascinating record of the hot, sultry summer months of debate and decision when ideas clashed and tempers flared. In all, fifty-five men attended; and in spite of the heat, in spite of clashing interests–the big states against the little, the slave states against the anti-slave states–in tension and anxiety that mounted week after week, they wrote out a working plan of government and put their signatures to it. – adapted from goodreads
This is a hybrid discussion. Onsite participants meet at Chester County History Center. A Zoom link will be provided to virtual participants a few days in advance.
Registration is Pay as You Wish. All donations support the mission of CCHC and are greatly appreciated.
