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The Living Declaration: A Biography of America's Founding Text Priya Krishna and her experience as aBy: Ted Widmer Published by Library of America, 2026 05 26 INSIDE THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE: A historian and former presidential speechwriter traces the origins and legacy of the words and ideas that made America. Illustrations and close readings of 60 original texts offer new insights on the American Revolution, the Civil War, and other key moments and figures in American history. We hold these truths to be self evident . . . all men are