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National treasure how the declaration of independence made America

"The inspiring story of the Declaration of Independence-the first to take us from its drafting by Thomas Jefferson to today-charting the many lives of a document that captures the soul of America and has united generations around its defiant ideals, published for the 250th anniversary of America's f...

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Main Author: Auslin, Michael, 1967- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Avid Reader Press, 2026.
Edition:First Avid Reader Press edition.
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National liberation movements > History.
United States > Politics and government > 1775-1783.
United States > Politics and government > Philosophy.
United States > History.
Informational works.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Prologue: Declaration
  • The road to July Fourth
  • "Our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor"
  • Bringing the Declaration to the people
  • The signing
  • Success and neglect
  • The Declaration escapes the flames
  • Seeing the Declaration at last
  • Semicentennial
  • Into the light
  • The "Apple of Gold" and the coming of the Civil War
  • The last Civil War mystery
  • Centennial
  • The Gilded Age
  • The people's Declaration
  • A secret journey in the fight against fascism
  • Cold War icon
  • The final battle to control the Declaration
  • The promise of the Declaration in the Civil Rights era
  • Bicentennial
  • The Declaration in a new millennium
  • Epilogue.

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