The greatest sentence ever written / Walter Isaacson.
| Author/creator | Isaacson, Walter author. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. |
| Publication | New York : Simon & Schuster, 2025. |
| Copyright Date | ©2025 |
| Description | 67 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | 1776 -- We -- Self-evident truths -- All men -- Created equal -- Endowed by their creator -- Certain unalienable rights -- Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness -- Common ground -- The American dream -- Going forward -- Appendices. The drafting process -- From John Locke's Second treatise of government, 1690 -- From Rousseau's The social contract, 1762 -- From the Virginia Declaration of Rights, June 1776 -- Jefferson's "original rough draught" of the Declaration of Independence, June 1776 -- The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776. |
| Abstract | ""We hold these truths..." The famous second sentence of the Declaration of Independence, crafted by Thomas Jefferson and edited by Benjamin Franklin and John Adams, became the creed that bound a diverse group of pilgrims and immigrants into one nation. For a people with many different beliefs and backgrounds, it defined our common ground and American Dream. Many of us know the sentence by heart, but we may not fully appreciate its profound wisdom. For the 250th birthday of the Declaration that founded our nation, bestselling historian Walter Isaacson analyzes and celebrates, word by word, how this sentence was crafted, what it truly means, and how we can honor, in these troubled times, its underlying values" -- Jacket flap. |
| Genre/form | Informational works. |
| Genre/form | Endpapers. |
| Genre/form | Documents d'information. |
| ISBN | 9781982181314 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 1982181311 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | Item has been checked out | E221 .I833 2025 | Due 09/17/2026 | Want This? |