{"product_id":"american-treasures-the-secret-efforts-to-save-the-declaration-of-independence-the-constitution-and-the-gettysburg-address-paperback","title":"American Treasures: The Secret Efforts to Save the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Gettysburg Address - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStephen Puleo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Stephen Puleo's American Treasures is a narrative history of America's secret efforts to hide its founding documents from Axis powers, and its national tradition of uniting to defend the definition of democracy. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn December 26, 1941, Secret Service agent Harry E. Neal stood on a platform at Washington's Union Station watching a train chug off into the dark and feeling at once relieved and inexorably anxious. These were dire times. With Hitler's armies plowing across Europe--seizing or destroying historic artifacts at will--and Japan's devastating attack on Pearl Harbor just three weeks prior, American officials now feared an enemy attack on Washington, D.C. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo, President Franklin D. Roosevelt set about hiding the country's valuables. On the train speeding away from Neal sat four plain-wrapped cases containing the documentary history of America--including the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Gettysburg Address--guarded by a battery of agents and bound for safekeeping in the nation's most impenetrable hiding place. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Treasures\u003c\/i\u003e charts the creation and little-known journeys of these priceless documents. From the risky and audacious adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 to our modern Fourth of July celebrations, American Treasures shows how the ideas captured in these papers underscore the nation's strengths and hopes, and embody its fundamental values of liberty and equality. Stephen Puleo weaves exciting stories of freedom under fire--from the smuggling of these documents out of Washington days before the British burned the capital in 1814, to their covert relocation during World War II--crafting a sweeping history of a nation united to preserve its democracy and the values inherent in its founding documents.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSTEPHEN PULEO\u003c\/b\u003e is a historian, professor, public speaker, and the author of \u003ci\u003eDark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919\u003c\/i\u003e (Beacon Press, 2003) and \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Italians\u003c\/i\u003e (Beacon, 2007), among others. Puleo holds a masters degree in history and teaches the subject at Suffolk University. Previously an award-winning reporter, Puleo is a contributor to \u003ci\u003eAmerican History\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e. He resides in Boston.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 05, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759267676448,"sku":"9781250126337","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f1fd23b1b8e7d61eacadb36de0031021.webp?v=1780147377","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/american-treasures-the-secret-efforts-to-save-the-declaration-of-independence-the-constitution-and-the-gettysburg-address-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}