Independence: The Creation of a National Park

Independence: The Creation of a National Park by Greiff, Constance M.. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780812280470.

Carefully researched and fully documented, Independence chronicles the history of the "cradle of liberty" that is Independence National Historical Park, the historical site most closely connected with the nations founding. Constance M. Greiff illustrates how the park was shaped by national events and conditions in Philadelphia, change and growth within the National Park Service, and the interpersonal and political struggles among the key people involved in the parks development. She traces the process by which the participants arrived at the ideas underpinning the parks creation and development, conflicting views about the purpose and scope of the park, and the resolution of those conflicts.