Bowen, Catherine Drinker 1897-1973

Miracle at Philadelphia : the story of the Constitutional Convention, May to September 1787 by Catherine Drinker Bowen ( Book )
24 editions published between 1966 and 2010 in English and held by 4,871 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A history of the Federal Convention at Philadelphia in 1787 that produced the Constitution of the U.S

Francis Bacon : the temper of a man by Catherine Drinker Bowen ( Book )
15 editions published between 1963 and 1993 in English and held by 3,735 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In the fullness of his power and reputation as Lord Chancellor of England, Bacon was impeached by parliament for taking bribes in office, convicted and banished from London and the law courts, At the depth of his fall, at the lowest reach of public disgrace and private agony, Bacon wrote a prayer, confessing to God that he had not used his talents to best advantage

Yankee from Olympus : Justice Holmes and his family by Catherine Drinker Bowen ( Book )
57 editions published between 1944 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 3,484 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

John Adams and the American Revolution by Catherine Drinker Bowen ( Book )
30 editions published between 1949 and 1979 in English and held by 3,134 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The most dangerous man in America: scenes from the life of Benjamin Franklin by Catherine Drinker Bowen ( Book )
7 editions published between 1974 and 1987 in English and held by 2,262 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Recounts the life and career of Benjamin Franklin

The lion and the throne : the life and times of Sir Edward Coke (1552-1634) by Catherine Drinker Bowen ( Book )
24 editions published between 1956 and 2002 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,963 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Sir Edward Coke - Lord Coke, his contemporaries called him - was Queen Elizabeth's Attorney General and Chief Justice under James, first Stuart King of England.... Coke's life covered a long span, a wide arc of time; with him the Middle Ages ended and today began. Coke was English law personified. ... Sir Edward Coke never set foot on American soil. Yet no United States citizen can read his story without a sense of immediate recognition. In these parliamentary struggles, knights, citizens and burgesses fought not for themselves alone but for states as yet unformed: Pennsylvania, Virginia, California. In Westminster courtroom battles over procedure, jurisdiction, "right reason and the common law," constitutional government found its way to birth. When the time came we changed the face of this English constitution; amid the sound of guns we repudiated what we hated, adapted what we liked. Yet the heritage endured. -- PREFACE

Beloved friend : the story of Tchaikowsky and Nadejda von Meck by Catherine Drinker Bowen ( Book )
17 editions published between 1937 and 1976 in English and held by 1,946 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Largely excerpts from the correspondence between Tchaikowsky and Nadejda von Meck, translated by Barbara von Meck from the original Russian edition (Moscow, 1934- ) and given by her, with notes and recollections of persons and places involved, to Mrs. Bowen, who wrote the connecting narrative

Family portrait by Catherine Drinker Bowen ( Book )
6 editions published in 1970 in English and held by 1,286 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This autobiography extended beyond the author to include the other members of the prominent Quaker family into which Bowen was born. One brother invented the iron lung; another founded Harvard School of Public Health. Bowen herself was a bestselling American biographer who won the 1957 Philadelphia Award and the 1962 Women's National Book Association award. Family Portrait was her last book

Adventures of a biographer by Catherine Drinker Bowen ( Book )
5 editions published in 1959 in English and held by 1,117 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Biography: the craft and the calling by Catherine Drinker Bowen ( Book )
4 editions published between 1969 and 1978 in English and held by 932 WorldCat member libraries worldwide