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Intro -- Title Page -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Media Conventions -- The Talking Candidate -- Back to Basics -- Giving Good Clip -- The Printed Word -- Don't Maintain Radio Silence -- Wired -- Lordly Body Language -- The Clothes Made this Man -- SOCK it to Them in the Media -- Risky Business -- Be It Resolved -- I'm Very, Very Sorry -- The Seven Dollar Solution -- Campaigning Conventions -- The Smell of the Greasepaint -- Wrong Number -- I'll Check the Schedule -- Spare a Cup of Coffee, Then? -- Here's your Hat, What's your Hurry? -- Party Time? -- Take a Letter -- The Bomb Squad -- Safety in Risk Communication -- Spinning the Win -- Future Elections -- Speaking Conventions -- Mastering the Public Platform -- Pirates and Thieves -- Quotable Quotes -- Metaphor and Morse Code -- Put on a Happy Face -- The Common Touch -- Top of the Class -- Gentlemanly Cs -- Need Work -- Let Them Come to Berlin -- Touching the Bases -- The Presidential Tone -- Political Conventions -- Happy 43rd Birthday, America -- The Mouse and the Elephant Go to the Polls -- The State of the Union -- Free Compared to Whom? -- K-E-double N-E-D-Y -- Defining Moments -- The Sixth Floor -- Not Faking It -- All the Way -- He's Tanned, He's Fit, He's Ready -- The Summer of Love and Anarchy-40 Years On -- The Real Comeback Kid -- Dallas Backlash -- You Know He's Right -- The CV Generation -- Governor General Clinton -- Bibliography.

Far from the well-ordered, solemn conference some might think of, the Constitutional Convention of 1787 was filled with disagreements, debates, and near-disasters. Yet, the framers of the Constitution pushed on to save the new nation from falling apart. The result was the remarkable document the United States government still uses as its foundation. Readers of this accessible book, perfect for struggling readers, will learn the story of the convention, who showed up, who didn't, and the final fight for ratification. Historical images shed light on the time period. Fact boxes add further interesting details about this important event.

After the war -- Problems with the articles -- The Annapolis Convention -- Another convention begins -- Three branches of government -- The Legislative Branch -- The Executive Branch -- The Judicial Branch -- States' rights -- The committee of detail -- The signing -- Ratification -- A timeline of the U.S. Constitution.