Being Thomas Jefferson : an intimate history
Burstein, Andrew2026
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Perhaps no founding father is as mysterious as Thomas Jefferson. The author of the Declaration of Independence was both a gifted wordsmith and a bundle of nerves. His superior knowledge of the human heart is captured in the impassioned appeal he brought to the Declaration. But as a champion of the common man who lived a life of privilege on a mountaintop plantation of his own design, he has eluded biographers who have sought to make sense of his inner life. In 'Being Thomas Jefferson', Jefferson scholar Andrew Burstein peels away layers of obfuscation, taking us past the veneer of the animated letter-writer to describe a confused lover and a misguided humanist, too timid to embrace antislavery.
Main title:
Being Thomas Jefferson : an intimate history / Andrew Burstein.
Author:
Burstein, Andrew, author
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury, 2026.
Collation:
480 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781639737680 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
973.46092973.46 BURS
Language:
English
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BRN:
9065509
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