Step back in time to the birth of America and meet the real-life rebels who made this country free!

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.

Colonists were willing to risk their lives for freedom, and the Declaration of Independence made that official. Discover the true story of one of the most radical and uplifting documents in history and follow the action that fueled the Revolutionary War."


本書帶讀者重回美國誕生的時刻，並見證革命先賢如何讓這個國家獲得自由。在 1776 年一個炎熱的夏日，在靠近費城的某處，湯瑪斯‧傑佛遜坐在他的書桌前，徹夜奮筆疾書直到隔天清晨。

他正在草擬《獨立宣言》。《獨立宣言》這份文件將切斷這個國家與英國之間的關係，宣示一個新的國家——美利堅合眾國的誕生。

殖民地的居民願意為了自由冒生命危險，藉由《獨立宣言》使自由成為美國的國家精神。翻開本書，一起探索歷史上最激進且激勵人心的文件之一，並且細究點燃革命戰火的行動點滴。