{"product_id":"miracle-on-chestnut-street-milton-j-nieuwsma-9781899694952","title":"Miracle on Chestnut Street: The Untold Story of Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Milton J. Nieuwsma\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1899694951\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781899694952\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iBooks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.50d","brand":"Milton J. Nieuwsma","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44074942628095,"sku":"9781899694952","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_89338ba0-78c8-4f63-8f92-e0d22eaf9f7a.jpg?v=1685456681","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/miracle-on-chestnut-street-milton-j-nieuwsma-9781899694952","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}