June 28, 2026, The Books on the Declaration of Independence Edition

In the Sunday Book Review, Tom Fox considers books that would interest compliance professionals, business executives, or anyone curious about the subject. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events, or any other topic that might interest Tom. Today, we begin a look at America’s founding, running up to the 250th birthday of America next weekend. This week, we start a two-part series examining the Declaration of Independence and the history of July 5th. Today, we review five books on the Declaration of Independence, and next week, we will review four books on July 4th. ⁠ Inventing America by Garry Wills Signing Their Lives Away  by Denise Kiernan and Joseph D’Agnese Declaration: The Nine Tumultuous Weeks When America Became Independent, May 1-July 4, 1776, by William Hogeland 1776 by David McCullough Declaration of Independence The Sunday Book Review was recently honored as one of the ⁠Top 100 Book Podcasts⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices