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Adams and Jefferson: A Revolutionary Dialogue
by Merrill D. Peterson

ISBN 0820304018 (0-8203-0401-8)
Hardcover, University of Georgia Press

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American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson
by Joseph J. Ellis

ISBN 0679764410 (0-679-76441-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc

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Well timed to coincide with Ken Burns's documentary (on which the author served as a consultant), this new biography doesn't aim to displace the many massive tomes about America's third president that already weigh down bookshelves. Instead, as suggested by the subtitle--"The Character of Thomas Jefferson"--Ellis searches for the "living, breathing person" underneath the icon and tries to elucidate his actual beliefs. Jefferson's most ardent admirers may find this perspective too critical, but Ellis's portrait of a complex, sometimes devious man who both sought and abhorred power has the ring of truth. [via]
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Clotel or the President's Daughter : A Narrative of Slave Life in the United States
by William Wells Brown, William E. Farrison

ISBN 0821601806 (0-8216-0180-6)
Softcover, Carol Publishing Group

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Clotel, Or, the President's Daughter
by William W. Brown, M. Giulia Fabi

ISBN 0142437727 (0-14-243772-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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William Wells Browns Clotel (1853), the first novel written by an African American, was published in London while Brown was still legally regarded as "property" within the borders of the United States. The novel was inspired by the story of Thomas Jeffersons purported sexual relationship with his slave Sally Hemings. Brown fictionalizes the stories of Jeffersons mistress, daughters, and granddaughters all of whom are slaves in order to demythologize the dominant U.S. cultural narrative celebrating Jeffersons America as a nation of freedom and equality for all. The documents in this edition include excerpts from Browns sources for the novel fiction, political essays, sermons, and presidential proclamations; selections that illuminate the range of contemporary attitudes concerning race, slavery, and prejudice; and pieces that advocate various methods of resistance and reform.
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The Constitutional Thought of Thomas Jefferson
by David N. Mayer

ISBN 081391485X (0-8139-1485-X)
Softcover, Univ of Virginia Pr

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In this comprehensive account of Thomas Jefferson's constitutional thought, David N. Mayer offers a fresh perspective on Jefferson's philosophy of government. Eschewing the "liberalism versus civic republicanism" debate that has so dominated early American scholarship in recent years, Mayer examines Jefferson's thought in Jefferson's own terms- as "whig," "federal," and "republican." In the interrelationships and tensions among these three essential aspects of Jefferson's theory, Mayer explaines Jefferson's response to the particular constitutional issues and problems of his time. In contrast to other studies that view Jefferson as a champion of democracy, Mayer's book emphasizes Jefferson's commitment to liberty and his distrust of government.
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Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
by Joseph J. Ellis

ISBN 0375705244 (0-375-70524-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc

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In retrospect, it seems as if the American Revolution was inevitable. But was it? In Founding Brothers, Joseph J. Ellis reveals that many of those truths we hold to be self-evident were actually fiercely contested in the early days of the republic.
Ellis focuses on six crucial moments in the life of the new nation, including a secret dinner at which the seat of the nation's capital was determined--in exchange for support of Hamilton's financial plan; Washington's precedent-setting Farewell Address; and the Hamilton and Burr duel. Most interesting, perhaps, is the debate (still dividing scholars today) over the meaning of the Revolution. In a fascinating chapter on the renewed friendship between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson at the end of their lives, Ellis points out the fundamental differences between the Republicans, who saw the Revolution as a liberating act and hold the Declaration of Independence most sacred, and the Federalists, who saw the revolution as a step in the building of American nationhood and hold the Constitution most dear. Throughout the text, Ellis explains the personal, face-to-face nature of early American politics--and notes that the members of the revolutionary generation were conscious of the fact that they were establishing precedents on which future generations would rely.
In Founding Brothers, Ellis (whose American Sphinx won the National Book Award for nonfiction in 1997) has written an elegant and engaging narrative, sure to become a classic. Highly recommended. --Sunny Delaney [via]
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The Garden and Farm Books of Thomas Jefferson
by Robert C. Baron

ISBN 1555910130 (1-55591-013-0)
Hardcover, Fulcrum Pub

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George Washington
by Willard S. Randall

ISBN 0805027793 (0-8050-2779-3)
Hardcover, Holt & Company, Henry

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To most people George Washington is a mysterious icon, the man on the dollar who we know about mostly because of mythical exploits. This substantial biography of the first American president succeeds in portraying Washington as a man with a keen mind and sharp temper who overcame great adversity. In particular, George Washington is valuable for its telling of the story of Washington's early life. How the frontier surveyor took to a military career, failed at it, and eventually redeemed himself as a great leader of the American Revolution is an engrossing story that may be surprising to many who think they know about Washington, but mostly know just the myths. [via]
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In Pursuit of Reason: The Life of Thomas Jefferson
by Noble E. Cunningham

ISBN 0345353803 (0-345-35380-3)
Softcover, Ballantine Books

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The life of Thomas Jefferson, demonstrably the most intellectual of America's presidents, has fascinated scholars for generations. A careful but elusive autobiographer, Jefferson left behind such a wealth of information about himself and his times that he has fueled hundreds of studies. Noble Cunningham's one-volume life is somewhat dispassionate, giving only a little sense of Jefferson's greatness, but it covers the essential episodes in the Founding Father's life with admirable balance and conciseness. Read this along with Joseph Ellis's American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson, and you'll have a very good idea of why we continue to find the early statesman fascinating today. --Gregory MacNamee [via]
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The Inner Jefferson: Portrait of a Grieving Optimist
by Andrew Burstein

ISBN 0813917204 (0-8139-1720-4)
Softcover, Univ of Virginia Pr

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Thomas Jefferson's personal life has always been a puzzle to biographers. Even his contemporaries found him difficult to know. In Jefferson's correspondence, however, Andrew Burstein has found a key to the inner man. This penetrating and thoughtful portait confronts widespread misunderstandings about Jefferson's romantic life and provides insight into the contradictions that still surround our third president.
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Inventing America: Jefferson's Declaration of Independence
by Garry Wills

ISBN 0618257764 (0-618-25776-4)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin

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From one of America's foremost historians, Inventing America compares Thomas Jefferson's original draft of the Declaration of Independence with the final, accepted version, thereby challenging many long-cherished assumptions about both the man and the document. Although Jefferson has long been idealized as a champion of individual rights, Wills argues that in fact his vision was one in which interdependence, not self-interest, lay at the foundation of society. "No one has offered so drastic a revision or so close or convincing an analysis as Wills has . . . The results are little short of astonishing" (Edmund S. Morgan New York Review of Books ).
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Jefferson
by Max Byrd

ISBN 0553379372 (0-553-37937-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc

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In the magnificent tradition if Gore Vidal's Lincoln and Burr, Max Byrd reveals a Thomas Jefferson we've never met before... It is 1784, and Jefferson, the newly appointed American ambassador to the court of Louis Xvi and Marie-Antoinette had just arrived in Paris-a city adrift in intrigue, upheaval, and temptation that will challenge his principles, incite his passions, and change Thomas Jefferson forever... Through the eyes of his impressionable young secretary, William Short, we watch as the future president builds his dream of an America with fellow patriots John Adams and Ben Franklin, and as he struggles between political ambition and an unexpected crisis of the heart with a woman who has the power to destroy him. And we discover-behind the face the complex Virginian show the world-an enigmatic statesman who fights for individual liberty even as he keeps the slave, who champions freewill even a he denies it to his daughters, and who fights for individual liberty even as he keeps slaves, who champions free will even as he denied it to his daughters, and who holds men to the highest standards of honor-even as he embarks on a shadowy double life of his own...

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Jefferson and His Time
by Dumas Malone

ISBN 0813923549 (0-8139-2354-9)
Hardcover, Univ of Virginia Pr

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Jefferson and Monticello: The Biography of a Builder
by Jack McLaughlin

ISBN 0805014632 (0-8050-1463-2)
Softcover, Henry Holt & Co

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This book, a National Book Award nominee in 1988, is the life of Thomas Jefferson as seen through the prism of his love affair with Monticello. For over half a century, it was his consuming passion, his most serious amusement. With a sure command of sources and skilled intuitive understanding of Jefferson, McLaughlin crafts and uncommon portrait of builder and building alike. En route he tells us much about life in Virginia; about Monticellos craftsmen and how they worked their materials; about slavery, class, and family; and, above all, about the multiplicity of domestic concerns that preoccupied this complex man. It is and engaging and incisive look at the eighteenth-century mind: systematic, rational, and curious, but also playful, comfort-loving, and amusing. Ultimately, it provides readers with great insight into daily life in Colonial and Federal America.
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Jefferson and the Ordeal of Liberty
by Dumas Malone

ISBN 0316544698 (0-316-54469-8)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co

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This is the third volume in Dumas Malone's monumental multi-volume biography of Thomas Jefferson, Jefferson and His Time. [via]
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Jefferson and the Rights of Man
by Dumas Malone

ISBN 0316544701 (0-316-54470-1)
Softcover, Xlibris Corp

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The second volume in this Pulitzer Prize-winning biography tells the story of the eventful middle years in the life of Thomas Jefferson: his ministry to France in the years just before the French Revolution and during the early stages of that conflict; his service as secretary of state in President George Washington's first cabinet; the crucial period of his first differences with Alexander Hamilton and the beginnings of his long struggle with the Federalists. . [via]
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Jefferson at Monticello
by J.A. Bear

ISBN 0813900220 (0-8139-0022-0)
Softcover, Univ of Virginia Pr

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Jefferson Bible: By Thomas Jefferson
by Percival Everett, Percival L. Everett

ISBN 1888451629 (1-888451-62-9)
Softcover, Akashic Books

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Jefferson Bible: The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth
by Thomas Jefferson

ISBN 1557091846 (1-55709-184-6)
Hardcover, Applewood Books

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Thomas Jefferson regarded Jesus as a moral guide rather than a divinity, and in The Jefferson Bible, he highlights Christ's ethical teachings from the Gospels. Discarding the scriptures' supernatural elements and dogma, this volume reflects the deist view of religion, focusing on Jesus' message of absolute love and service.
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Jefferson the President Second Term 1805-1809
by Dumas Malone

ISBN 0316544655 (0-316-54465-5)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co

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Dumas Malones classic six-volume biography Jefferson and His Time was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in history and became the standard work on Jeffersons life.
Volume 4. Jefferson the President; First Term, 18011805
Examining the first four years of Jeffersons presidency, this volume provides a fascinating account of the Louisiana Purchase, Jeffersons continuing opposition to Hamiltons charge for an overriding central government, and his battle with the Supreme Court.
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Jefferson the Virginian
by Jefferson Malone

ISBN 0813923611 (0-8139-2361-1)
Softcover, Univ of Virginia Pr

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Dumas Malones classic six-volume biography Jefferson and His Time was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in history and became the standard work on Jeffersons life.
Volume 1. Jefferson the VirginianThis first volume explores the early phases of Jeffersons life, from his youth, education, legal career, and marriage, to the building of Monticello, writing of the Declaration of Independence and his highly contentious governorship.
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Jefferson's Great Gamble: The Remarkable Story of Jefferson, Napoleon and the Men Behind the Louisiana Purchase
by Charles Cerami

ISBN 1402202407 (1-4022-0240-7)
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Jefferson's Great Gamble tells the incredible story of how four leaders of an upstart nation--Jefferson, Madison, Monroe and Livingston--risked the future of their country and their own careers; outwitted Napoleon Bonaparte, the world's most powerful ruler; and secured a new future for the United States of America.

For two years before the Louisiana Purchase, the nine principal players in the deal watched France and the United States approach the brink of war over the most coveted spot on the planet: a bustling port known as New Orleans. And until the breakthrough moment when a deal was secured, the men who steered their countries through the tense and often beguiling negotiations knew only that the futures of both nations were being questioned, and that the answer was uncertain.

Jefferson's Great Gamble is an extraordinary work that redefines one of the most important and overlooked events in American history. Charles A. Cerami reveals the untold thrusts and parries of the Louisiana Purchase, an event that was not just a land sale, but thirty months of high drama, blandishment, posturing and secret maneuvers by some of the most powerful and crafty men of their time. Utilizing original correspondence and firsthand accounts, Cerami paints a vivid and engrossing narrative enriched by the words of the men whose talents and weaknesses kept the negotiations alive during the most unsure moments.

When Thomas Jefferson took office as president of the United States in 1801, Louisiana was at the front of his mind. Jefferson knew that the future of the country hinged on its right to navigate the Mississippi River and have access to New Orleans. His hopes for maintaining this right were almost completely dashed when it was discovered that Napoleon had secretly forced Spain to give the Louisiana Territory to France, and that he had troops on the way to take possession of New Orleans.

Jefferson's only hope to stop the takeover lay in a great gamble: convincing Napoleon that the United States was willing to go to war over the port city. Jefferson knew that war might fracture the new country, which at the time had roughly one thousand men in its army. He was therefore faced with not only convincing Napoleon that the United States was ready to fight, but bluffing him into thinking that it could win that battle.

To execute his plan, Jefferson turned to his brilliant but troubled foreign-relations team. James Madison, the wily secretary of state, devised with Jefferson a disinformation strategy that was remarkable for its ingenuity and effectiveness. Robert Livingston, the American envoy to France, struggled to negotiate with French officials while being disdained and ignored by Jefferson and Madison, his political rivals. And as the final negotiations approached, James Monroe found himself sailing to Paris with the key to how the United States would execute the endgame.

Napoleon was bombarded by contradicting opinions from his two closest advisors. François de Barbé-Marbois, the impeccably honest finance minister, pushed toward a sale to raise money for a war with England. Charles-Maurice de Tallyrand-Périgord, Napoleon's witty and corrupt chief advisor, pushed him to hold on to the colony, a position he believed held long-term benefits for France, if not for Napoleon.

To read Jefferson's Great Gamble is to experience the tense days and nights leading to a decision that changed the face of the world. From the early American infighting to the heated French negotiations to the battle needed years later to secure the purchase, this new history is a story of dedicated men, each driven by love of country, who created an event that Robert Livingston called "the noblest work of our lives." [via]
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Jefferson, the Virginian
by Dumas Malone

ISBN 0316544728 (0-316-54472-8)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co

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The first of five volumes in a full-length biography of Jefferson. [via]
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John Adams
by David Willis McCullough

ISBN 0743223136 (0-7432-2313-6)
Softcover, Touchstone Books

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Left to his own devices, John Adams might have lived out his days as a Massachusetts country lawyer, devoted to his family and friends. As it was, events swiftly overtook him, and Adams--who, David McCullough writes, was "not a man of the world" and not fond of politics--came to greatness as the second president of the United States, and one of the most distinguished of a generation of revolutionary leaders. He found reason to dislike sectarian wrangling even more in the aftermath of war, when Federalist and anti-Federalist factions vied bitterly for power, introducing scandal into an administration beset by other difficulties--including pirates on the high seas, conflict with France and England, and all the public controversy attendant in building a nation.
Overshadowed by the lustrous presidents Washington and Jefferson, who bracketed his tenure in office, Adams emerges from McCullough's brilliant biography as a truly heroic figure--not only for his significant role in the American Revolution but also for maintaining his personal integrity in its strife-filled aftermath. McCullough spends much of his narrative examining the troubled friendship between Adams and Jefferson, who had in common a love for books and ideas but differed on almost every other imaginable point. Reading his pages, it is easy to imagine the two as alter egos. (Strangely, both died on the same day, the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.) But McCullough also considers Adams in his own light, and the portrait that emerges is altogether fascinating. --Gregory McNamee [via]
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The Life and Selected Writings of Thomas Jefferson
by Thomas Jefferson, William Peden, Adrienne Koch

ISBN 0375752188 (0-375-75218-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc

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"Jefferson aspired beyond the ambition of a nationality,
and embraced in his view the whole future of man."
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The Life and Selected Writings of Thomas Jefferson
by Adrienne Koch, William Peden

ISBN 0679748946 (0-679-74894-6)
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On the occasion a dinner honoring Nobel Prize recipients, John F. Kennedy characterized his guests as "the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone."

Mr. Jefferson, as he is still referred to at the University of Virginia, which he founded and designed, was a brilliant statesman, architect, scientist, naturalist, educator, and public servant.

Jefferson provided "the richest treasure house of historical information left to us by any single man" through journal entries, notes, addresses, and 70,000 letters. This first paperback edition of the Koch-Peden selection of his writings, published during the 250th anniversary of his birth, provides an engaging and timely representation of his thoughts.

Included in this volume are the autobiography (including the Declaration of Independence), travel journals, biographical sketches of some of his notable contemporaries, important public papers, Notes on Virginia -- his only published book -- and a generous selection of his letters on both public and private matters. The Life and Selected Writings of Thomas Jefferson is a distinguished and important compilation. [via]
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Lost World of Thomas Jefferson
by Boorstin, Daniel J. Boorstin Collection (Library of Congress)

ISBN 0807054917 (0-8070-5491-7)
Hardcover, Peter Smith

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Meet Thomas Jefferson
by Marvin Barrett, John Edens

ISBN 0375812113 (0-375-81211-3)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books

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This rich biography provides a lively introduction to the architect, inventor, diplomat, and scholar who became the third president of the United States. Jefferson's theories and beliefs about education and human rights are made interesting and accessible for modern grade-schoolers. [via]
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Mr Jefferson's University
by Garry Wills

ISBN 0792255607 (0-7922-5560-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc

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In the paperback edition of the critically acclaimed hardcover, bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize-winner Garry Wills explores Thomas Jefferson's final and favorite achievement, the University of Virginia.

The University of Virginia is one of America's greatest architectural treasures and one of Thomas Jefferson's proudest achievements. At his request his headstone says nothing of his service as America's first Secretary of State or its third President. It says simply: "Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia." For this political genius was a supremely gifted artist as well, and of all Jefferson's stunning accomplishments, the school he built in Charlottesville is perhaps the most perfect expression of the man himself: as leader, as architect, and as philosopher.

In this engrossing, perceptive book, Garry Wills once again displays the keen intelligence and eloquent style that have won him great critical praise as he explores the creation of a masterpiece, tracing its evolution from Jefferson's idea of an "academical village" into a classically beautiful campus. Mr. Jefferson's University is at once a wonderful chronicle of the birth of a national institution and a deft portrait of the towering American who brought it to life.

"There is much auspicious history to explore here, and Wills does so with great narrative skills." Richmond Times-Dispatch

"His command of the subject is formidable." Los Angeles Times [via]
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Notes on the State of Virginia
by Thomas Jefferson, Frank Shuffelton

ISBN 0140436677 (0-14-043667-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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Available for the first time in Penguin Classics, Notes on the State of Virginia is at once a scientific discourse, an attempt to define America, and an examination of the idea of freedom. With the same genius and clear, flexible prose style that informs the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson chronicles Virginia's natural, social, and political history.
Frank Shuffleton includes in this edition with selections from relevant correspondence and discusses the work's origins, composition, and initial reception. He focuses particularly on Jefferson's response to contemporary scientific writings on "New World degeneracy"; his differing treatment of Blacks and Native Americans; and his influential (and problematic) role in creating a mythicized American self-image. [via]
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Notes on the State of Virginia: With Related Documents
by Thomas Jefferson, David Waldstreicher

ISBN 0312257139 (0-312-25713-9)
Softcover, Bedford/st Martins

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Thomas Jefferson published one book, Notes on the State of Virginia; and ever since, it has been the touchstone for understanding Jefferson's ideas about Republican government, the environment, education, race and slavery, and Native-white relations. The author's unique analysis of Jefferson's thoughts on these crucial issues and their impact on the formation of the United States make this edition of the Notes the first to present these issues as fundamentally inseparable. A collection of lively letters and other documents related to the Notes accompanies them, and charts the evolution of the book in the revolutionary crucible and during the heady early days of the new nation. An introduction by David Waldstreicher places the work in the contexts of the Revolution and the social and cultural history of Jefferson's Virginia, with particular attention to developing ideas about race and nature. A chronology of the life and career of Thomas Jefferson and selected bibliography also add to the pedagogical benefits of this volume.
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The Pirate Coast: Thomas Jefferson, the First Marines And the Secret Mission of 1805
by Richard Zacks

ISBN 140130849X (1-4013-0849-X)
Softcover, Hyperion Books

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A real-life thriller -- the true story of the unheralded American who brought the Barbary Pirates to their knees.
In an attempt to stop the legendary Barbary Pirates of North Africa from hijacking American ships, William Eaton set out on a secret mission to overthrow the government of Tripoli. The operation was sanctioned by President Thomas Jefferson, who at the last moment grew wary of "intermeddling" in a foreign government and sent Eaton off without proper national support. Short on supplies, given very little money and only a few men, Eaton and his mission seemed doomed from the start. He triumphed against all odds, recruited a band of European mercenaries in Alexandria, and led them on a march across the Libyan Desert. Once in Tripoli, the ragtag army defeated the local troops and successfully captured Derne, laying the groundwork for the demise of the Barbary Pirates. Now, Richard Zacks brings this important story of America's first overseas covert op to life.
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The Sage of Monticello
by Dumas Malone

ISBN 0813923662 (0-8139-2366-2)
Softcover, Univ of Virginia Pr

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Dumas Malones classic six-volume biography Jefferson and His Time was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in history and became the standard work on Jeffersons life.
Volume 6. The Sage of Monticello
This final volume provides an all-encompassing account of Jeffersons accomplishments, friendships, and family difficulties in his last seventeen years, revealing his shift from the realm of politics to his roles as family man, architect, and educational enthusiast. Describing Jeffersons retirement from Washington, this volume recounts the events that formed Jeffersons final years, particularly the founding of the Library of Congress and the University of Virginia, in which he played a major role.
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Saving Monticello
by Marc Leepson

ISBN 074320106X (0-7432-0106-X)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster

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Saving Monticello: The Levy Family's Epic Quest to Rescue the House That Jeffereson Built
by Marc Leepson

ISBN 0813922194 (0-8139-2219-4)
Softcover, Univ of Virginia Pr

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Sworn on the Altar of God: A Religious Biography of Thomas Jefferson
by Edwin S. Gaustad

ISBN 0802801560 (0-8028-0156-0)
Softcover, Eerdmans Pub Co

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This acclaimed biography explores the religious life of Thomas Jefferson and the contribution his strident commitment to religious liberty made to the formation of the nation. Renowned historian Edwin Gaustad chronicles Jefferson's intellectual growth, paying particular attention both to Jefferson's private struggle to come to grips with his own faith and to his public role as champion of religious liberty. Now featuring a striking new cover, this volume is must reading for anyone interested in the religious life of one of America's most significant figures. [via]
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Thomas Jefferson
by James Giblin, Michael Dooling

ISBN 0439810671 (0-439-81067-1)
Softcover, Scholastic

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An illustrated portrait of Thomas Jefferson introduces young readers to a writer, statesman, inventor, educator, architect, author of the Declaration of Independence, and the third president of the United States. [via]
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Thomas Jefferson : A Life
by Willard S. Randall

ISBN 0805015779 (0-8050-1577-9)
Hardcover, Holt & Company, Henry

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A biography of Thomas Jefferson, who despite his legendary intelligence and political savvy, could be ruthless, not to mention lawless, in his efforts to preserve his causes. Jefferson operated on two levels, as his opposition to slavery as a slaveowner attests. But as Willard Sterne Randall argues, this duality is what made him so effective. Whether Jefferson's 1784 draft of Virginia's constitution "prefigured the founding documents of republics in Europe, Asia, Africa and South America, as well as the Confederate States of America," as Randall claims, is questionable, but his impact on international trade, diplomatic discussions and the success of the state of Virginia cannot be disputed. [via]
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Thomas Jefferson: A Life
by Willard Sterne Randall

ISBN 0060976179 (0-06-097617-9)
Softcover, Harpercollins

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A biography of Thomas Jefferson, who despite his legendary intelligence and political savvy, could be ruthless, not to mention lawless, in his efforts to preserve his causes. Jefferson operated on two levels, as his opposition to slavery as a slaveowner attests. But as Willard Sterne Randall argues, this duality is what made him so effective. Whether Jefferson's 1784 draft of Virginia's constitution "prefigured the founding documents of republics in Europe, Asia, Africa and South America, as well as the Confederate States of America," as Randall claims, is questionable, but his impact on international trade, diplomatic discussions and the success of the state of Virginia cannot be disputed. [via]
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Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History
by Fawn M. Brodie

ISBN 0393317528 (0-393-31752-8)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc

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An ambitious, perceptive portrayal of a complex man, this best-selling biography broke new ground in its exploration of Jefferson's inner life.
Here for the first time we meet Jefferson as a man of feeling and passion. With a novelist's skill and meticulous scholarship, Fawn M. Brodie shows Jefferson as he wrestled with issues of revolution, religion, power, race, and love-ambivalences that exerted a subtle but powerful influence on his political writing and his decision making. The portrait that results adds a whole new depth to those of the past. [via]
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Thomas Jefferson Writings Autobiography a Summary View of the Rights of British Columbia Notes on the State of Virginia Public Papers Addresses Messa
by Thomas Jefferson, Merrill D. Peterson

ISBN 094045016X (0-940450-16-X)
Hardcover, Penguin USA

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The most comprehensive one-volume selection of Jefferson ever published. Contains the "Autobiography," "Notes on the State of Virginia," public and private papers, including the original and revised drafts of the Declaration of Independence, addresses, and 287 letters. [via]
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Thomas Jefferson's Architectural Drawings
by Frederick D. Nichols

ISBN 1882886178 (1-882886-17-8)
Softcover, Univ of North Carolina Pr

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Thomas Jefferson, Architect: The Built Legacy of Our Third President
by Howard Hugh, Roger Straus

ISBN 0847825469 (0-8478-2546-9)
Hardcover, Rizzoli Intl Pubns

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Undaunted Courage
by Stephen E. Ambrose, Thomas Jefferson, Meriwether Lewis

ISBN 0613022173 (0-613-02217-3)
Hardcover, Bt Bound

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A biography of Meriwether Lewis that relies heavily on the journals of both Lewis and Clark, this book is also backed up by the author's personal travels along Lewis and Clark's route to the Pacific. Ambrose is not content to simply chronicle the events of the "Corps of Discovery" as the explorers called their ventures. He often pauses to assess the military leadership of Lewis and Clark, how they negotiated with various native peoples and what they reported to Jefferson. Though the expedition failed to find Jefferson's hoped for water route to the Pacific, it fired interest among fur traders and other Americans, changing the face of the West forever. [via]
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Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West
by Stephen E. Ambrose

ISBN 0684826976 (0-684-82697-6)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster

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As Ken Burns states: Stephen Ambrose is that rare breed: a historian with true passion for his subject. Here he takes one of the great, but also one of the most superficially considered, stories in American history and breathes fresh life into it. Lewis comes alive as we had never known him." 511 pages [via]
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What Kind of Nation: Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, and the Epic Struggle to Create a United States
by James F. Simon

ISBN 0684848716 (0-684-84871-6)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster

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The bitter and protracted struggle between President Thomas Jefferson and Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall defined the basic constitutional relationship between the executive and judicial branches of government. More than one hundred fifty years later, their clashes still reverberate in constitutional debates and political battles.
In this dramatic and fully accessible account of these titans of the early republic and their fiercely held ideas, James F. Simon brings to life the early history of the nation and sheds new light on the highly charged battle to balance the powers of the federal government and the rights of the states. A fascinating look at two of the nation's greatest statesmen and shrewdest politicians, What Kind of Nation presents a cogent, unbiased assessment of their lasting impact on American government. [via]
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Who Was Thomas Jefferson
by Dennis Brindell Fradin, John O'Brien

ISBN 0448431459 (0-448-43145-9)
Softcover, Grosset & Dunlap

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The Wolf by the Ears: Thomas Jefferson and Slavery
by John Chester Miller

ISBN 0813913659 (0-8139-1365-9)
Softcover, Univ of Virginia Pr

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This analysis of Jefferson's antislavery views and the actions to which they gave rise, the subject matter of The Wolf by the Ears, is necessarily episodic; while chronology has been generally observed, it was not possible to weld this disparate material into the form of a biographical narrative.
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