{"product_id":"whos-your-founding-father-discovering-the-mecdec-in-the-true-cradle-of-american-independence-paperback","title":"Who's Your Founding Father?: Discovering the Mecdec in the True Cradle of American Independence - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Fleming\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA centuries-old secret document unravels the origin story of America and reveals the intellectual crime of the millennia in this \"hugely entertaining\" dive into our country's history to discover the first, true Declaration of Independence (Andrew Roberts, author of \u003ci\u003eNapoleon \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eChurchill\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1819, John Adams came across a stunning story in his hometown Essex Register that he described to his political frenemy Thomas Jefferson as \"one of the greatest curiosities and one of the deepest mysteries that ever occurred to me...entitled the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence. The genuine sense of America at that moment was never so well expressed before, nor since.\" The story claimed that a full 14 months before Jefferson crafted his own Declaration of Independence, a misfit band of zealous Scots-Irish patriots, whiskey-loving Princeton scholars and a fanatical frontier preacher in a remote corner of North Carolina had become the first Americans to formally declare themselves \"free and independent\" from England. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Composed during a clandestine all-night session inside the Charlotte courthouse, the Mecklenburg Declaration, aka the MecDec, was signed on May 20, 1775--a date that's still featured on the state flag of North Carolina. About a year later, in 1776, Jefferson is believed to have plagiarized the MecDec while composing his own, slightly more famous Declaration, and then covered the whole thing up. Which is why Adams always insisted the MecDec needed to be \"thoroughly investigated\" and \"more universally made known to the present and future generation.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWith Who's Your Founding Father?\u003c\/i\u003e, David Fleming picks up where Adams left off, leaving no archive, no cemetery, no bizarre clue or wild character (and definitely no Dunkin' Donuts) unexplored while traveling the globe to bring to life one of the most fantastic, important--and controversial--stories in American history. \u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Fleming\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of four books and a Meadowlark Media correspondent. During the last three decades at \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e ESPN\u003c\/i\u003e, and Meadowlark, Fleming has been one of the industry's most prolific, versatile, and imaginative longform storytellers. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eBreaker Boys\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNoah's Rainbow\u003c\/i\u003e, and, coming in the fall of 2025, \u003ci\u003eA Big Mess in Texas\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003ci\u003eThe Miraculous, Disastrous 1952 Dallas Texans and the Craziest Untold Story in NFL History\u003c\/i\u003e. A native of Detroit, Fleming and his wife, Kim, live in North Carolina with their daughters. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.86 x 8.21 x 5.57 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 29, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52636437479731,"sku":"9780306828782","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/oWfBjdxf0M9780306828782.webp?v=1762271728","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/whos-your-founding-father-discovering-the-mecdec-in-the-true-cradle-of-american-independence-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}