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Library of America
Ted Widmer
The Living Declaration: A Biography Of America's Founding Text
N/A
2026
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Publisher > Library of America
Author > Ted Widmer
Title > The Living Declaration: A Biography Of America's Founding
Text
Issue > N/A
Year > 2026
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ISBN > 9781598538458
Pages > 393
Genre > Nonfiction Government
Language > English
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Type > RETAIL
Media > BOOK
Format > .epub
Section > eBook
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Published > 2026-06
Release > 2026-08-02
Disks > 03 x 5 MB
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- - -- [ D E S C R I P T I O N ] -- - -
We hold these truths to be self-evident . . . all men are created equal . .
. with certain inalienable rights . . . life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness. 250 years after they were written, these words remain at once
familiar and startling. What do they mean to us today? Do we understand
them in the same way the Founders did? Historian and former presidential
speechwriter Ted Widmer seeks to answer these questions by returning to
where the nation's story began, the Declaration of Independence, to trace
the remarkable history of how it came to be and how it has shaped the
democratic aspirations of Americans and others for more than two centuries.
- - -- [ R E T A I L U R L ] -- - -
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-living-declaration-a-biography-of-
america-s-founding-text
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