Catherine Drinker Bowen, born January 1, 1897 in Haverford, PA, was an American biographer. She won the 1958 National Book Award in nonfiction for The Lion and the the Throne: The Life and Times of Sir Edward Coke. In addition, Bowen recieved the 1957 Philadelphia Award and the 1962 Women's National Book Association award. She died November 1, 1973 in Haverford, PA. 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ...
Books
Beloved Friend: The Story of Tchaikowsky and Nadejda Von Meck (1937)
'Free artist';: The story of Anton and Nicholas Rubinstein (1939)
Yankee from Olympus: Justice Holmes and His Family (1944)
The Lion and the Throne: The Life and Times of Sir Edward Coke (1957)
Miracle at Philadelphia: The Story of the Constitutional Convention, May to September 1787 (1966) #54 in list of books in the most number of American Libraries. [1]
John Adams and the American Revoluition
Bernard DeVoto: Historian, critic, and fighter
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Scenes from the Life of Benjamin Franklin
1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...
Bowen examines each day of the Constitutional Convention and lays out for the readers the background of each debate as well as an educational profile regarding the personal man behind each debate.
Bowen presents it not only with a sense of awe and wonder over the accomplishment of the Constitution but also without an agenda.
Bowen has a bias, it might be in trying to be more fair to Alexander Hamilton than any piece of recent literature.
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