Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in history and a landmark in the study of constitutional origins, Leonard Levy's now-classic study appears for the first time in paperback. "A work of monumental scholarship-broad in scope, thorough, carefully annotated, accurate, and imaginative." Political Science Quarterly. "Vastly learned...critical and reflective...lucid and vigorous...one of the important contributions to historical literature." Henry Steele Commager.