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24) Monticello
Author
Series
Publisher
Dillon Press
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
This is a history of Monticello, the Virginia country estate, which Thomas Jefferson designed and built as his primary residence.
28) Thomas Jefferson
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Examines the life of Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States and author of the Declaration of Independence.
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This book, the first in decades to closely examine Thomas Jefferson's foreign policy, offers a compelling reinterpretation of his attitudes and accomplishments as a statesman during America's early nationhood. Beginning with Jefferson's disastrous stint as wartime governor of Virginia during the American Revolution, and proceeding to his later experiences as a diplomat in France, Secretary of State, and U.S. Vice President, historian Francis Cogliano...
Series
American classics volume 1
Publisher
National Center for Constitutional Studies
Pub. Date
1983.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
1994.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
A simple, well rounded portrait of Thomas Jefferson's life which should appeal to junior readers; the text is accompanied by beautiful oil paintings which heighten the reality of the narrative.
35) Thomas Jefferson
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the life of Thomas Jefferson.
Author
Series
Publisher
Atlas Books/HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Hitchens brings the character of Jefferson to life as a man of his time and also as a symbolic figure beyond it. Conflicted by power, Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence and acted as Minister to France yet yearned for a quieter career in the Virginia legislature. Predicting that slavery would shape the future of America's development, this professed proponent of emancipation continued to own human property. He negotiated the Louisiana...
