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_b.M281 1997
100 _aMaier, Pauline,
_d-1938
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245 0 _aAmerican scripture :
_bmaking the Declaration of Independence /
_cPauline Maier.
260 _aNew York :
_bAlfred A. Knopf :;Distributed by Random House, Inc.,
_c1997
300 _axxi, 304 p. :
_bill.
_c24 cm.
500 _aThis is a Borzoi book.--T.p. verso.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [243]-285) and index.
520 _aIn the most important book on the Declaration of Independence in 75 years, Maier reveals the document as both the defining statement of our national identity and the moral compass by which we live as a nation. She also shows how, by the very act of venerating the Declaration, we may also be betraying its purpose and power. www.alibris.com
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