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English
Description
"Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power" gives readers Jefferson the politician and president, a great and complex human being forever engaged in the wars of his era. Philosophers think; politicians maneuver. Jefferson's genius was that he was both and could do both, often simultaneously, catapulting him into becoming the most successful political leader of the early republic, and perhaps in all of American history.
4) Writings
Author
Series
Library of America volume 17
Publisher
Literary Classics of the U.S
Pub. Date
[1984]
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Description
Thomas Jefferson died on July 4, 1826, leaving behind a series of mysteries that captured the imaginations of historical investigators. In this moving and intimate look at the final days of our most enigmatic president, Andrew Burstein sheds new light on what Thomas Jefferson actually thought about sexuality, race, gender, and politics.
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English
Description
"Thomas Jefferson stands falsely accused of several crimes, among them infidelity and disbelief. Noted historian David Barton now sets the record straight. Having borne the brunt of a smear campaign that started more than two centuries ago, the reputation and character of American president Thomas Jefferson shows considerable tarnish, as lies and misunderstandings have gathered on his legacy. Noted early-America historian David Barton scours out the...
Author
Series
Landmark books volume 36
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[1953]
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
14) Thomas Jefferson
Author
Publisher
Compass Point
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Presents a biography of the third American president and author of the Declaration of Independence.
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Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Thomas Jefferson is often portrayed as a hopelessly enigmatic figure, a riddle, a man so riven with contradictions that he is almost impossible to know. Lauded as the most articulate voice of American freedom and equality, even as he held people--including his own family--in bondage, Jefferson is variably described as a hypocrite, an atheist, or a simple-minded proponent of limited government who expected all Americans to be farmers forever. Now,...
17) Wolf by the ears
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[1991]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
580L
Language
English
Description
Harriet Hemings, rumored to be the daughter of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, one of his black slaves, struggles with the problems facing her--to escape from the velvet cage that is Monticello, or to stay, and thus remain a slave.