Devastating compromises. Midnight rides. A nailbiter vote. Statue toppling riots… and the very real possibility of death. This July 4th, we're taking you inside the making of the Declaration of Independence and how, against all odds, a single document introduced the world to a new kind of nation.
Guests:Walter Isaacson, professor at Tulane University and author of
The Greatest Sentence Ever Written.Denise Kiernan, author of
Signing Their Lives Away: The Fame and Misfortune of the Men Who Signed the Declaration and
Obstinate Daughters: The Rebels, Writers, and Renegade Women Who Ignited the American Revolution.Support shows like Throughline with NPR+. Sign up today at plus.npr.org.See
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