{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"#1706 Books about the Declaration of Independence","description":"Clay and his frequent guest, the redoubtable Lindsay Chervinsky, discuss books written about Jefferson\u2019s declaration, arguably the most important document in the history of liberty. Among the titles discussed are Walter Isaacson\u2019s recent The Greatest Sentence Ever Written, which celebrates the preamble of the Declaration of Independence, to Garry Wills\u2019 award-winning 1978 Inventing America, which locates the inspiration in the Scottish Enlightenment, and Pauline Meier\u2019s 1997 American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence, which examines local and regional declarations that contributed to Jefferson\u2019s great national document. Could any of the other Founding Fathers have written so magnificent a declaration? What role did Jefferson\u2019s famous \u201cfelicity for expression\u201d play in the historical fame of America\u2019s mission statement? ","author_name":"Listening to America with Clay Jenkinson","author_url":"https:\/\/ltamerica.org\/","html":"