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Bill of Rights

Cogan, Neil H., ed. The Complete Bill of Rights: The Drafts, Debates, Sources and Origins. Oxford University Press, 1997. Traces the origins and processes by which these rights were proposed, debated, and ratified.

Levy, Leonard W., and Kenneth L. Karst, eds. Encyclopedia of the American Constitution. 2nd ed. Macmillan, 2000. Reference set with essays on various aspects of the United States Constitution.

Levy, Leonard Williams. Origins of the Bill of Rights. Yale University Press, 2001. A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian illuminates the history of the origins of the Bill of Rights.

Rakove, Jack N. Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution. Vintage, 1997. Just what were the framers' intentions? This engaging study sets the Constitution in its original context.

Schwartz, Bernard. The Great Rights of Mankind: A History of the American Bill of Rights. Madison House, Rowman & Littlefield, 1992. 1998. One of the best general treatments of the subject.

For younger readers

Bjornlund, Lydia. The U.S. Constitution: Blueprint for Democracy. Lucent, 1999. For readers in grades 6 and up.

Freedman, Russell. In Defense of Liberty: The Story of America's Bill of Rights. Holiday House, 2003. For readers in grade 5 and up.

Johnson, Linda C. Our Constitution. Millbrook, 1992. For readers in grades 4 to 6.

Krull, Kathleen. A Kid's Guide to America's Bill of Rights. Avon Books, 1999. For readers in grades 5 to 8.

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