The Icarian
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Text of the Declaration of Independence
Note: The source for this transcription is the first printing of the Declaration of Independence, the broadside produced by John Dunlap on the night of July 4, 1776. Nearly every printed or manuscript edition of the Declaration of Independe...
15 Cool Revolutionary War Books For Hot Weather Reading
I know. Fifty books are a lot. Especially 50 books about the Revolutionary War.
No stress. Here’s less. And less can be so much more.
Condensed from my seven months reading 50 books about the birth of America, here are my favorite 15.
Wo...
The List Of The 50 Books I Read After Watching "The American Revolution" Documentary
In November 2025, after viewing Ken Burns & Co.’s six-episode, 12-hour documentary, The American Revolution, I realized I didn’t know as much as I would like about the violent conflict and the events that gave birth to the United States.
I...
The 50 Books I Read After Watching "The American Revolution" Documentary
I wound up reading 50 books about the American Revolution in seven months. Yes, I am insane.
Writing the Declaration of Independence, 1776, Jean Leon Gerome Ferris’ idealized 1900 depiction of (left to right) Benjamin Franklin, John Ad...
Harry Partch – The Outsider Who Refused To Come In
One of the great American myths is the cult of individualism. Individualism is sometimes twinned with the alleged American love of iconoclasts.
Those myths last until a real American iconoclastic individual comes along and starts making so...
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