The Liberty Bell

A serious cultural history rooted in detailed research, Nash's book explores the impetus behind the bell's creation, as well as its evolutions in meaning through successive generations. With attention to Pennsylvania's Quaker roots, he analyzes the biblical passage from Leviticus that...

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Main Author: Nash, Gary B.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2010.
Series:Icons of America.
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Table of Contents:
  • Beginnings
  • The bell becomes an icon
  • On the road with the bell
  • The Liberty Bell in war and peace
  • Everyone's Liberty Bell.