Signing Their Rights Away: The Fame and Misfortune of the Men Who Signed the US Constitution | American History Book for Students & Educators | Perfect for Classroom Studies & Historical Research

Product Description

• Paperback: 304 pages
• By Denise Kiernan and Joseph D'Agnese

• This entertaining and essential collection of stories is about the surprising and strange fates of the thirty-nine statesmen who created the U.S. Constitution.

  This companion volume to Signing Their Lives Away tells the untold stories of the signers of the U.S. Constitution and comes at a time when constitutional rights are at the forefront of our minds.

  Remember when our elected officials knew how to compromise? Here are short, irreverent, fun, and fact-filled biographies of the 39 men who set aside their differences and signed their names to the U.S. Constitution—the oldest written constitution of any nation in the world. You’ll meet:

  • The Signer Who Believed in Aliens
  • The Signer Who Was Shot in the Stomach
  • The Signer Who Went Bankrupt
  • The Peg-Legged Signer
  • And many more colorful colonists!

  Complete with portraits of every signatory, Signing Their Rights Away provides an entertaining and enlightening narrative for students, history buffs, politicos, and Hamilton fans alike.