Inventing America: Jefferson's Declaration of Independence
From one of America's foremost historians, Inventing America compares Thomas Jefferson's original draft of the Declaration of Independence with the final, accepted version, thereby challenging many long-cherished assumptions about both the man and the document. Although Jefferson has long been idealized as a champion of individual rights, Wills argues that in fact his vision was one in which interdependence, not self-interest, lay at the foundation of society.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Vintage
- Year
- 2017
- ISBN-13
- 9780385542838
- Genre
- History
- Topics
- Declaration of IndependenceThomas JeffersonAmerican Founding era political thought
Awards
- National Book Critics Circle Award for NonfictionWonMajor(1978)
- National Book Award for NonfictionShortlistedMajor(1979)
Other awarded books from Garry Wills
- Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America
- Attica: The Official Report of the New York State Special Commission on Attica
- Bare Ruined Choirs: Doubt, Prophecy, and Radical Religion
- Venice: Lion City
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