Inventing America: Jefferson's Declaration of Independence (Garry Wills - WH) 2018 November 1862–January 1863

November 1862–January 1863

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Wills's close reading of the previously overlooked drafts of the Declaration have altered and deepened the meaning and consequences of the single most important document that contintues to define America

Inventing America: Jefferson's Declaration of Independence (Garry Wills - WH) 2018 November 1862–January 1863by Garry Wills From acclaimed historian Garry Wills, author of Lincoln at Gettysburg, a celebrated re appraisal of the meaning and the source of inspiration of The Declaration of Independence, based on a reading of Jefferson's original draft document. Inventing America upended decades of thinking about The Declaration of Independence when it was first published in 1978 and remains one of the most influential and important works of scholarship about