Pauline Maier, this authoritative Bantam Classic edition contains the entire text of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States.With a luminous introduction by America's premier scholar of the American Revolution,Pauline Maier.

Here in a single volume are the two most important American documents ever written-together embodying in timeless prose the promise and fulfillment of representative government.With a luminous introduction by America's premier scholar of the American Revolution,Pauline Maier, this authoritative Bantam Classic edition contains the entire text of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States, as well as the Bill of Rights and successive constitutional amendments.

INTRODUCTION by Pauline Maier

NOTES TO THE INTRODUCTION

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES

THE AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DATES TO REMEMBER

INDEX TO CONSTITUTION AND AMENDMENTS