false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172633057m/200836.jpg 200836 3 This is a well-written, well-researched, entertaining account of the creation of the United States' Declaration of Independence as well as an analysis of how the declaration has been enshrined as something of a sacred document (a place it did not always hold). Pauline Maier, a history professor at MIT, will no doubt surprise many readers with detective work demonstrating that Jefferson's Declaration of Independence was actually preceded by many local declarations, which have been generally overlooked by historians but which were published throughout the colonies and were well known in their day. <i>American Scripture</i> holds many surprises as it details Jefferson's drafting of the document, the editing process, and the varying regard with which the Declaration of Independence has been held in the past two centuries. 194315 26 5 1997 American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence total:38|5:5|4:20|3:12|2:0|1:1| 38 142 83 9 3 1 false false Mon Jul 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 11 19:37:25 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 01 20:30:05 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 06 13:06:03 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 13:08:34 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sun Feb 22 19:24:25 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 11:07:54 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Dec 04 18:34:08 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 04 18:37:07 -0800 2007 4 0 false false Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Sat Aug 25 16:14:08 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 05 15:52:18 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Wed Aug 29 17:56:50 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 29 18:03:58 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Mon Aug 27 16:53:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 27 16:54:19 -0700 2007 1 0 false false Wed Mar 14 13:26:01 -0700 2007 Thu Mar 15 18:06:39 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Tue May 20 07:33:34 -0700 2008 Tue May 20 07:33:49 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sat Nov 07 20:05:17 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 20:05:17 -0800 2009 0 0 true false Sat Oct 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 08:20:59 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 08:22:02 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Feb 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Sep 01 13:38:27 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 13:39:48 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Aug 31 17:06:31 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 17:06:31 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Aug 01 22:19:47 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 22:19:54 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Jul 12 06:48:46 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 06:48:46 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jun 22 23:05:25 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 23:05:25 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jun 15 18:07:37 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 18:07:37 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Jun 12 16:09:39 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 16:09:39 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat May 30 23:15:54 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 23:15:54 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue May 05 19:43:39 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 19:43:39 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=200836