DECLARING INDEPENDENCE: Why 1776 Matters

by Edward J. Larson

On the 250th anniversary of American Independence, with the history of our founding a political battleground, this study of the ideas and battlefield sacrifices of 1776 by a Pulitzer-Prize-winning scholar could not be more timely. Illus.

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About the author

Edward J. Larson is the author of many acclaimed works in American history, including the Pulitzer Prize–winning history of the Scopes Trial, Summer for the Gods. He is University Professor of History and Hugh and Hazel Darling Chair in Law at Pepperdine University, and lives with his family near Los Angeles.