| #1088716 in Books | Mariner Books | 2002-11-14 | 2002-11-14 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.25 x.94 x5.50l,1.25 | File type: PDF | 432 pages | ||5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.| Scholarly but imminently readable|By Ricardo Mio|Before “American Sphinx” by Joseph Ellis (1996), and “American Scripture” by Pauline Maier (1997), there was “Inventing America: Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence,” by Garry Wills. Published in 1978, Wills’ was the first popular book to closely examine the vast storehouse of||"No one has offered so drastic a revision or so close or convincing an analysis as Wills has...The results are little short of astonishing."|-- Edmund S. Morgan The New York of Books ||"The best and most thorough analysis of the Declaration ever written."|--
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. "No o...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Inventing America: Jefferson's Declaration of Independence | Garry Wills.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.
