Author

Publication

2002-11-14 - Mariner Books

Language

English

Word Count

108,000 words, Guess

Page Count

432 pages

Identifiers

and 4 more
  • LibraryThing110172
  • Library of Congress Control Number2002191290
  • OCLC Control Number51177444
  • Better World Books9780618257768

Classifications

  • LCCE221 .W64 2002
  • LCCE221.W64 2003
  • LCCE221 .W64 2003

Description

"From one of America's foremost historians, Inventing America compares Thomas Jefferson's original draft of the Declaration of Independence with the final, accepted version, thereby challenging many long-cherished assumptions about both the man and the document. Although Jefferson has long been idealized as a champion of individual rights, Wills argues that in fact his vision was one in which interdependence, not self-interest, lay at the foundation of society."--BOOK JACKET.

First Sentence

The Virginians clattered into Philadelphia with the glitter, almost, of Magi.

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  • Inventing America: Jefferson's Declaration of IndependenceMariner Books2002-11-14

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