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Bringing to life the stirring, revolutionary words that helped shape American democracy, Isaacson offers a vital reminder of the values we continue to aspire to as a nation.
America's bestselling biographer reveals the origins of the most revolutionary sentence in the Declaration of Independence, the one that defines who we are as Americans-and explains how it should shape our politics today.
"Isaacson uses a jeweler's loupe to scan what gives his snappy little book its engaging title....Isaacson skillfully teases fresh pith and resonance out of those familiar words." -The Wall Street Journal
"A short, smart analysis of perhaps the most famous passage in Americ...
"Isaacson uses a jeweler's loupe to scan what gives his snappy little book its engaging title....Isaacson skillfully teases fresh pith and resonance out of those familiar words." -The Wall Street Journal
"A short, smart analysis of perhaps the most famous passage in Americ...
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