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Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence: The Writing and Editing of the Document That Marked the Birth of the United States of America - Softcover
Synopsis
A reconstruction of seventeen days, June 18 to July 4, 1776, that uniquely presents the original manuscripts with revisions, deletions and changes made at each stage of the Declaration's composition and within the context of uncertainty and fears of invasion and of the convoluted mind of the slave-owning student of reason and light who was its principal author. "As absorbing as a superb drama or novel. With painstaking care, the author researched all the happenings when Jefferson and other giants were creat(ing) the document that amounts to the birth certificate of the United States of America" Publishers Weekly
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About the Author
James Munves, was born in New York, graduated from Brown University, served in the Third Army during WWII, and has authored The Kent State Cover-Up (with Joseph Kelner). A Short Illustrated History of the United States, and a novel Andes Rising. He has contributed to The New Yorkerand other periodicals. He now lives in Prince Edward Island, Canada.
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