The Living Declaration: A Biography of America's Founding Text
$62.39
- Hardcover
275 pages
- Release Date
21 July 2026
Summary
INDEPENDENCE WAS ONLY THE BEGINNING: A historian and former presidential speechwriter traces the origins and legacy of the words and ideas that made America.
Illustrations and close readings of 68 original texts offer new insights on the American Revolution, the Civil War, and other key moments and figures in American history.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident … all men are created equal … with certain inalienable rights … life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” 2…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781598538441 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1598538446 |
| Author: | Ted Widmer |
| Publisher: | The Library of America |
| Imprint: | The Library of America |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 275 |
| Release Date: | 21 July 2026 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 236mm x 162mm |
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“An engaging biography of our founding document, tracing a genealogy of ideas from English forbears in the 17th century to a far-flung progeny in the 20th and 21st.” —Robert A. Gross, author of The Minutemen and Their World (Revised and Expanded Edition)
About The Author
Ted Widmer
Ted Widmer is a prize-winning historian who has written or edited a dozen books, including Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days to Washington and the two-volume Library of America edition American Speeches. He writes frequently for The New Yorker, The Guardian, the Boston Globe, and the New York Times, where he helped create the Disunion feature about the Civil War.
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