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"Writers seldom choose as friends those self-centered characters who are never in trouble, never make mistakes, and always count their change as it is handed to them."

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About Catherine Drinker Bowen

American biographer and nonfiction writer best known for bestselling historical works on U.S. political and constitutional history. Her books include widely read studies of the Founding era and major constitutional debates. She became one of the most prominent historical narrators for general audiences in mid-20th-century America.

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