num_pages: 432
description: From one of America's foremost historians, Inventing America compares Thomas Jefferson's original draft of the Declaration of Independence with the final, accepted version, thereby challenging many long-cherished assumptions about both the man and the document. Although Jefferson has long been idealized as a champion of individual rights, Wills argues that in fact his vision was one in which interdependence, not self-interest, lay at the foundation of society.
language: English
title: Inventing America: Jefferson's Declaration of Independence
titlecomplete: Inventing America: Jefferson's Declaration of Independence
genres: Political Science, American, Americana, Politics, Philosophy, Biography, American History, Nonfiction, American Revolution, History
ratings_count: 205
awards: awardedAt: 252489600000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: General Nonfiction, awardedAt: 284025600000
name: Merle Curti Award, awardedAt: 284025600000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: History, awardedAt: 252489600000
name: Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award
publisher: Mariner Books