Nonfiction
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©2026
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691 pages (large print), 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
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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 into 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
"Quiet and politically untested, Thomas Jefferson was not the obvious choice to draft a statement of principles explaining why the American colonies were breaking ties with the King of England. The principles enshrined in the Declaration of Independence became a beacon to the world. But what lessons should we take from it today? As we gather to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the founders' bold experiments in democracy, Michael Auslin reminds us that this enduring document was not just a call for freedom and equality but an eloquent statement of the principles that bind us together"--