Description: 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.
Review Quotes: "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