01396cam a2200313 i 4500 625826430 TxAuBib 20070710120000.0 970219s1997||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 97002769 9780679454922 0679454926 (OCoLC)36446763 DLC eng rda DLC SNN UtOrBLW TxAuBib rda Maier, Pauline, 1938-2013. American scripture : making the Declaration of Independence / Pauline Maier. First edition. New York : Knopf, 1997. xxi, 304 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-285) and index. In 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. 20070710. United States Declaration of Independence. United States Politics and government 1775-1783. TXAAL