Book Review: The Greatest Sentence Ever Written
From Baum on Books by Joan Baum
January 15, 2026 · 5 min
About this episode
Joan Baum reviews Walter Isaacson's work on the significance of a sentence in the Declaration of Independence.
Two hundred fifty years ago this year, the United States was born. It was written into existence with the Declaration of Independence. A new work by journalist Walter Isaacson focuses on the power of one specific sentence in that historic document and how it shaped a new nation. WSHU’s Culture Critic Joan Baum read it and has this review.
People in this episode
Host: Joan Baum
Topics covered
- book review
- Declaration of Independence
- historical analysis
- journalism
- American history
Keywords
- book review
- Walter Isaacson
- Declaration of Independence
- American history
- historical significance
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Declaration of Independence, The Greatest Sentence Ever Written
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