Description: Inventing America by Garry Wills A celebrated re-appraisal of the meaning and the source of inspiration of The Declaration of Independence, based on a reading of Jefferson s original draft document. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description From acclaimed historian Garry Wills, author of Lincoln at Gettysburg, a celebrated re-appraisal of the meaning and the source of inspiration of The Declaration of Independence, based on a reading of Jeffersons original draft document.Inventing America upended decades of thinking about The Declaration of Independence when it was first published in 1978 and remains one of the most influential and important works of scholarship about this founding document. Wills challenged the idea that Jefferson took all his ideas from John Locke. Instead, by focussing on Jeffersons original drafts, he showed Jeffersons debt to Scottish Enlightenment philosophers such as Lord Kames and Francis Hutcheson, and even the metaphysics of Aristotle. Willss close reading of the previously overlooked drafts of the Declaration have altered and deepened the meaning and consequences of the single most important document that contintues to define America. Author Biography Garry Wills is a historian and the author of the New York Times bestsellers What Jesus Meant, Papal Sin, Why I Am a Catholic, and Why Priests?, among others. A frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books and other publications, Wills is a Pulitzer Prize winner and a professor emeritus at Northwestern University. He lives in Evanston, Illinois. Review "No one has offered so drastic a revision or so close or convincing an analysis as Wills has. . . . The results are little short of astonishing." —Edmund S. Morgan, The New York Review of Books "The best and most thorough analysis of the Declaration ever written." —David Brion Davis, The New York Times Book Review"A scintalling tour de force of historical detective work." —Time Review Quote "No one has offered so drastic a revision or so close or convincing an analysis as Wills has. . . . The results are little short of astonishing." --Edmund S. Morgan, The New York Review of Books "The best and most thorough analysis of the Declaration ever written." --David Brion Davis, The New York Times Book Review "A scintalling tour de force of historical detective work." -- Time Details ISBN0525435972 Author Garry Wills Short Title INVENTING AMER Pages 432 Language English ISBN-10 0525435972 ISBN-13 9780525435976 Format Paperback Year 2018 Publication Date 2018-01-02 Subtitle Jeffersons Declaration of Independence Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2018-01-02 NZ Release Date 2018-01-02 US Release Date 2018-01-02 UK Release Date 2018-01-02 Place of Publication New York Publisher Random House USA Inc Imprint Vintage Books DEWEY 973.313 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:124981404;
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