2011 George Washington Book Prize

Pauline Maier — Americans, including both ordinary citizens and political leaders, have been arguing about the Constitution for more than two centuries. It’s a debate that began almost as soon as the ink was dry on the document in 1787, according to a recent book by Pauline Maier, the winner of this year’s $50,000 George Washington Book Prize. Maier, whose prizewinning book is Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788, will speak about her work on Friday, September 16, when she is honored at the Seventh Annual George Washington Book Prize Celebration at Washington College. She will share insights into a series of debates that played out after the drafting of the Constitution, as citizens, journalists, and politicians argued state by state over whether to ratify the nation’s founding document.

http://washingtoncollegenews.blogspot.com/2011/09/rare-documents-conversation-with-author.html http://www.flickr.com/photos/27846486@N08/sets/72157627611764465/show/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/27846486@N08/sets/72157627611764465/ http://starrcenter.washcoll.edu/ Friday, September 16 2011 George Washington Book Prize Celebration Making History: A Conversation with Pauline Maier Decker Theatre, Daniel Z. Gibson Center for the Arts 4:00-7:00 p.m. The C.V. Starr Center welcomes 2011 George Washington Book Prize winner Pauline Maier, author of Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788. In a conversation with Starr Center director Adam Goodheart, Maier will share insights into a series of debates that played out during the year that followed the drafting of the Constitution, as citizens, journalists, and politicians argued state by state over whether to ratify the nation’s founding document. Maier is William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of American History at MIT. Also, one of Maryland's greatest historical treasures, the state's original 1788 parchment copy of the U.S. Constitution, will be displayed for one-night only this Friday, September 16 at Washington College as part of the 7th Annual GW Book Prize Celebration.