abstract:Gouverneur Morris IV (1876-1953), a great grandson of American Founding Father Gouverneur Morris, was an author of pulp novels and short stories during the early-twentieth century. Several of his works were adapted into films, including the famous Lon Chaney, Sr.
" When GouverneurMorris was asked to draft the preamble to our new Constitution, he offered an important revision and opened with words that changed the course of our Nation and the history of the world: "We the people.