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Lost rights : the misadventures of a stolen American relic

"This remarkable American story follows the long, shadowy trail of a single document, North Carolina's wayward copy of the Bill of Rights. With ratification of the first 10 amendments to the Constitution in 1789, 14 elegantly handwritten copies were drafted, one for each of the original st...

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Main Author: Howard, David, 1967-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010.
Subjects and Genres:
United States. > Constitution. > 1st-10th Amendments
Lost articles > North Carolina > History.
Theft of relics > North Carolina > History.
Manuscripts > Collectors and collecting > United States.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Confiscations and contributions.
North Carolina > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Confiscations and contributions.
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Table of Contents:
  • A break in
  • The natural
  • The four-dollar treasure
  • The grain man
  • Best friends
  • The document hunter
  • The leaves of the sybil
  • Strangers
  • The art dealer
  • The bookseller
  • The buyer
  • A revelation
  • Time runneth not against the king
  • The joy of illegitimate possession
  • Nowhere fast
  • The sky's the limit
  • Just a regular guy
  • Deception
  • Special delivery
  • The thump on the door
  • Blowback
  • The great divide
  • Another way
  • Postscript.

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