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The inspiration for the title

The Declaration of Independence
The US Constitution

Those Self Evident Truths

Table of Contents Those Self Evident Truths


Track ___________________________Time
1) Publishers Welcome ....................... :38
2) Intro to the Documents .. ...............2:29
3) Notes on the Magna Carta .............7:50
4) The Magna Carta ............ .............27:16
5) In to America ..............................1:25
6) Notes on the American Revolution 10:05
7) The Declaration of Independence... 9:09
8) Notes/​The Constitution ................4:04
9) The Preamble ..............................:49
10) Notes on the American Civil War.. 4:26
11) Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address...... 2:30
12) Closing .....................................1:58

The Magna Carta
1215____What was it like to be there with the Barons when they confronted King John striking a blow against the tyranny of the 'Divine Right of Kings?

The American Declaration and Preamble to the Constitution with excerpts from The Federalist.
1776____What greviences against royalty remained 550 years later when Thomas Jefferson continued the battle to establish The Rule of Law.

Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
1863____What plain-spoken truths did Abraham Lincoln utter at Gettysburg? Can a two-minute 'sound-bite' turn the inevitable tide of conventional wisdom that would have let the South go had not Mr. Lincoln stood tall?

2008____As in the days of those who went before, the way each of us answer questions like these determines everything!

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Fiction, Coming of Age, Family Life
The formation of the story grew step by step. When 66 Americans were taken hostage in 1979, I sensed the end of an era. Then my two sons began high school, some twenty or so years later. Recollections of my own days growing up came pouring in and across my mind. How to make sense of it all? The Bouchard Legacy is my look backwards, my stab at sensemaking into what I consdered to be a very chaotic time, a time of political assasinations, civil rights and war demonstrations spilling out into the streets ...Of course then along came 9/11 and the terrorists attacks. Growing up in this tumultous world has never been easy, but with a little help from our friends, our relatives, and the lenses proided by art and books, we all do somehow get by. My hope for you, brave reader is that as you read The Bouchard Legacy, you too will recall your own days crossing over the bridge that spans the gap between childhood and adult life.
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