1776: The Illustrated Edition

by David McCullough

Simon & Schuster

October 2007, 256 pages, $65.00

by Michael Patrick Brady

It’s one thing to simply read Washington’s words as they are related through the eyes and pen of an intermediary like McCullough, but to hold in your hands a faithful recreation of his original letter, to follow the loops and valleys of his script handwriting -- this experience significantly personalizes the history.
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