A Transaction Of Free Men: The Birth And Course Of The Declaration Of Independence (A Da Capo paperback)

The story of the Declaration of Independence its genesis drafting ratification and influence is as complex as any great vision and realization Did it merely sum up the prevailing thought of its day or was it an advanced expression of uniquely American ideals Were its signers aware of the Declaration s full revolutionary significance or did they see it as the rationale for an economic dispute Such questions face any historian of the period and require an extraordinary control of materials a sensitive reading of character and text and a lucid gift for recreating a time more than two centuries ago for scholars and general readers alike