{"product_id":"miracle-on-chestnut-street-the-untold-story-of-thomas-jefferson-and-the-declaration-of-independence-9781899694952","title":"Miracle on Chestnut Street: The Untold Story of Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Milton J. Nieuwsma | Bill Barker\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: iBooks\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: iBooks\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Biography \u0026amp; Autobiography - Presidents \u0026amp; First Families (U.S\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eMiracle on Chestnut Street\u003c\/em\u003e reminds us that the creation of our nation was indeed-and still is-a miracle.\" \u003cstrong\u003e-From the foreword by Bill Barker, premiere Jefferson interpreter.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTom Jefferson, a young plantation owner from Virginia, was the least likely member of the Second Continental Congress to make a name for himself. When he arrived in Philadelphia in 1775 it was by default; he had been sent as a substitute for a distant cousin. He resented having to leave his sickly wife and young daughters at home where they needed his attention. Most of all, he disdained politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet we associate Jefferson's name more than any other with what happened on the most important day in American history: July 4, 1776. Notwithstanding many other defining moments in our nation's past-Appomattox, Pearl Harbor, the Apollo moon landing, 9\/11 to name a few-the Declaration of Independence that Jefferson wrote and the Continental Congress adopted on that date symbolizes more than any other event what America stands for as a nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, for the first time, the story of that historic event is told from Jefferson's point-of-view. Drawing from his letters, journals, diaries and extensive on-site research, Milton Nieuwsma recreates the sixteen most important months in Jefferson's life: from his election to the Continental Congress to the Declaration of Independence.It's the story of how a young man entered the world stage through the back door-and how the ideas he expressed in that document still resonate in the 21\u003csup\u003est\u003c\/sup\u003e century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46445363789975,"sku":"9781899694952","price":2614.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781899694952.webp?v=1769133919","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/miracle-on-chestnut-street-the-untold-story-of-thomas-jefferson-and-the-declaration-of-independence-9781899694952","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}