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But if they knew what she was really thinking

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Declaration of Independence and the Constitution o Maisey Yates with its dramatic record of#1 New York Times bestselling author Jon Meacham introduces America's essential founding documents in an elegant, readable, and timeless volume. In the winter of 1860 1861, facing the prospect of secession and civil war, President Abraham Lincoln held fast to the founding promise of the now imperiled United States of America. The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution had forged the nation, and Lincoln intended to defend them. But even more