Background
Collier was born in New York City. Christopher Collier, known as Kit, is the son of Edmund Collier, a writer, and Katherine Brown.
(Includes a complete copy of the Constitution. Fifty-five ...)
Includes a complete copy of the Constitution. Fifty-five men met in Philadelphia in 1787 to write a document that would create a country and change a world. Here is a remarkable rendering of that fateful time, told with humanity and humor. "The best popular history of the Constitutional Convention available."--Library Journal
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(An exploration of what motivated the Connecticut delegate...)
An exploration of what motivated the Connecticut delegates at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 and at the ratifying convention of 1788. Challenging previous interpretation, Collier offers a different view on the reasoning and truth behind them.
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(Includes a complete copy of the Constitution. Fifty-five ...)
Includes a complete copy of the Constitution. Fifty-five men met in Philadelphia in 1787 to write a document that would create a country and change a world. Here is a remarkable rendering of that fateful time, told with humanity and humor. "The best popular history of the Constitutional Convention available."--Library Journal From the Paperback edition.
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Collier was born in New York City. Christopher Collier, known as Kit, is the son of Edmund Collier, a writer, and Katherine Brown.
AB, Clark University, 1951. Doctor of Humane Letters, Clark University, 2008. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1955.
Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1964.
He comes from a family of writers and teachers. He was the official Connecticut State Historian (1984–2004) and is now professor of history emeritus at the University of Connecticut. Collier"s children"s books include My Brother Sam Is Dead (1974), which deals with the American Revolution, and was awarded a Newbery Honor, and seven historical novels written with James, including Jump Ship to Freedom (1981).
His books for adults include Roger Sherman"s Connecticut: Yankee Politics and the American Revolution, which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.
Decision in Philadelphia (with James). And All Politics is Local, about Connecticut"s role in the 1787 Constitutional Convention.
(An exploration of what motivated the Connecticut delegate...)
(Includes a complete copy of the Constitution. Fifty-five ...)
(Includes a complete copy of the Constitution. Fifty-five ...)
(Guided reading set of 8 for classroom use.)
With United States Army, 1952-1954. Member Connecticut History Society, American History Association, Organization American Historians, Acorn Club.
Married Virginia W. Collier, August 21, 1954 (divorced September 1969). Children: Edmund Q., Sally Collier Lovegrove. Married Bonnie B. Collier, December 6, 1969.
1 child, Christopher Z.