TY  - BOOK
AU  - Harris,Michael C.
AU  - Hoare,Jerry
TI  - What is the Declaration of Independence?
T2  - What is...?
SN  - 9780448486925
AV  - E221 .H225 2016
U1  - 973.3 HAR 23
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Grosset & Dunlap
KW  - United States
KW  - Declaration of Independence
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - sears
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1775-1783
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (page 108); 5.9; 3-6; 880L; Lexile; W; Fountas
N2  - On a hot summer day near Philadelphia in 1776, Thomas Jefferson sat at his desk and wrote furiously until early the next morning. He was drafting the Declaration of Independence, a document that would sever this country's ties with Britain and announce a new nation--The United States of America. Discover the true story of one of the most radical and uplifting documents in history and follow the action that fueled the Revolutionary War
ER  -