Thomas Jefferson : Author of America Paperback - 2009 - 1st Edition
by Christopher Hitchens
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
This compelling new biography of Jefferson is set amid the historical drama of the new nation's struggle for independence. The author presents a portrait of a formative figure and a turbulent era in history.
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Details
- Title Thomas Jefferson : Author of America
- Author Christopher Hitchens
- Series Eminent Lives
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 208
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers, New York
- Date 2009
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0060837063I4N00
- ISBN 9780060837068 / 0060837063
- Weight 0.35 lbs (0.16 kg)
- Dimensions 7.88 x 5.5 x 0.51 in (20.02 x 13.97 x 1.30 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 18th Century
- Chronological Period: 1800-1850
- Library of Congress subjects Presidents - United States, Jefferson, Thomas
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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From the rear cover
In this unique biography of Thomas Jefferson, leading journalist and social critic Christopher Hitchens offers a startlingly new and provocative interpretation of our Founding Father--a man conflicted by power who wrote the Declaration of Independence and acted as ambassador to France yet yearned for a quieter career in the Virginia legislature. A masterly writer, Jefferson was an awkward public speaker. A professed proponent of emancipation, he elided the issue of slavery from the Declaration of Independence and continued to own human property. A reluctant candidate, he left an indelible presidential legacy. With intelligence, insight, eloquence, and wit, Hitchens gives us an artful portrait of a complex, formative figure and his turbulent era.