The Nation That Never Was: Reconstructing America's Story Nature_Gift_Guide NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER •

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Wise

But in the past

at once grand and altogether believable

they reject her

The Nation That Never Was: Reconstructing America's Story Nature_Gift_Guide NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER •Our idea of the Founders' America and its values is not true. We are not the heirs of the Founders, but we can be the heirs of Reconstruction and its vision for equality. Theres a common story we tell about America: that our fundamental values as a country were stated in the Declaration of Independence, fought for in the Revolution, and made law in the Constitution. But, with the country increasingly divided, this story isnt working for us