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  • A Correspondent's Report from the Convention of 1787
  • By: Jeffrey St. John
  • Narrated by: Jeff Riggenbach
  • Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
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You are there, in 1787 at America's constitutional convention, with the inside story as veteran print and broadcast journalist Jeffrey St. John "reports" each day's proceedings, flavoring his dispatches with quotes from private correspondence and notes of the delegates.

He captures the frustration, conflict, hope, and despair of America's founders during that long, sweltering summer session, as the political future of the country hangs in the balance. It is an enthralling story, never before told in this journalistic form.
©1987 Jeffrey St. John (P)1999 Blackstone Audiobooks
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"[Riggenbach] has a good sense of how to make history interesting....[He] gives the delegates a forum to air their views, but his voice never intrudes on the weight of their words." (AudioFile)

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Interesting format

The news style format may not be to the liking of some. I found it to be unusual. I was able to set that aside and listen to the information that was presented.

There were things that I'd already knew, yet much that I did not and that was what I received from this book which I found to be helpful.

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