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American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson
Joseph J. Ellis
Vintage, 1998
`He did not always speak exactly as he felt either towards his friends or his enemies.'
+ Great book!
I thoroughly enjoyed Professor Ellis's book about that enigmatic man: Thomas Jefferson. It is not a biography of Jefferson nor is it a complete history and those of us who want to know more about this period in American history will need to look to other sources.
For me, the value of this book ...
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Thomas Jefferson : Writings : Autobiography / Notes on the State of Virginia / Public and Private Papers / ...
Thomas Jefferson
Library of America, 1984
A brillant mind but still bound by his times.
+ The Writting of Thomas Jefferson: an outstanding book!
+ "Men of Men" (born of Women)
+ The other customer reviews seem to be about another book
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Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy
Annette Gordon-Reed
University of Virginia Press, 1998
Very Skillful Lawyerly Presentation of History
+ wonderful reading
+ Believe it, I do.
+ No longer a "Controversy"
+ A detailed analysis of the alleged Jefferson Hemmings affair from a different angle
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Virginia's American Revolution: From Dominion to Republic, 1776-1840
Kevin R. C. Gutzman
Lexington Books, 2007
Statehood As Originally Understood
In his preface Kevin Gutzman writes, "...I wanted to consider Virginia from the state level, because my understanding of the politics (broadly understood) of the period was that state identity dominated people's consciousness in a way barely conceivable now. ...I saw that the chief theme of the ...
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Twilight at Monticello: The Final Years of Thomas Jefferson
Alan Pell Crawford
Random House, 2008
At Home with Thomas Jefferson
+ Reflections on the End of Life
+ Makes me want to learn even more about Mr. Jefferson
+ Jefferson at the end
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Jefferson's Empire: The Language of American Nationhood (Jeffersonian America)
Peter S. Onuf
University of Virginia Press, 2001
Jefferson's Empire Approriate For Todays World
Peter S. Onuf's book, Jefferson's Empire: The Language of American Nationhood, is actually a collection of five essay that, as he says in his introduction, were prepared for different conferences at different times and places. His book is a scholarly coherent and original whole that revolves around ...
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The Constitutional Thought of Thomas Jefferson (Constitutionalism and Democracy)
David N. Mayer
University of Virginia Press, 1995
Valuable resource for Thomas Jefferson historians
+ The Real Jefferson, Not the Reinvented One
+ Excellent
Having consumed most of the recent volumes on the life and times of our third president, I would have to say that Mayer's book is one of the strongest when it comes to the concrete exploration of his political thought processes. One of the reviewers on the back cover copy says that "Mayer ...
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The Republic of Letters: The Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson and James Madison 1776-1826
James Morton Smith
W. W. Norton & Company, 1995
Interesting but overpriced collection
I bought this set back in 1995 before I had a computer or know what the Internet was all about. That's my rationalization for spending $150 for three volumes. If you're looking for a nice looking attractively bound set with a slip-case to impress your visitors this set is fine for you; if ...
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Reclaiming the American Revolution: The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions and Their Legacy
William Watkins
Palgrave Macmillan, 2008
A Great Study
+ American Liberty 101
+ Legally & Historically Accurate Masterpiece
+ Reclaiming the American Revolution
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Thomas Jefferson and the Wall of Separation Between Church and State (Critical America)
Daniel Dreisbach
NYU Press, 2003
One of the Most Valuable Books You'll Ever Read!
+ The 'wall' metaphor - Its origin, historical context, and contemporary usage
+ It's only 100 pages
+ Excellent source
+ Seminal Scholarship
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The Inner Jefferson: Portrait of a Grieving Optimist
Andrew Burstein
University of Virginia Press, 1997
good intro into all things jeffersonian
yet another broad look at jefferson, from political career, near-romantic encounters, family life, friends & correspondences. the writing is crystal clear & fast-paced. you get a snippet of tj's sharp epistolary hand. no huge controversies being discussed here altho i think there were some defenses ...
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Mr. Jefferson's Women
Jon Kukla
Knopf, 2007
another perspective on jefferson
+ An insightful exploration of Jefferson's sexual attitudes
+ An informative and enjoyable book
Just when you thought you had read everything...Jon Kukla presents a very readable portrait of Jefferson's "relationships" with women--which leads to new insights about this great man--and, more interestingly, his attitudes towards women in general. The final chapters about his broader view of ...
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The Adams-Jefferson Letters: The Complete Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson and Abigail and John Adams
John Adams
The University of North Carolina Press, 1988
Not a book about History, this IS History
+ I like the book!
+ Makes history come alive
+ Adams and Jefferson
+ Meet John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
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Thomas Jefferson
R. B. Bernstein
Oxford University Press, USA, 2005
Balanced Jefferson biography
+ thomas jeferson
+ Good, but..
+ I liked it
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Thomas Jefferson and the New Nation: A Biography (Galaxy Books)
Merrill D. Peterson
Oxford University Press, USA, 1986
Exceptional. Probably the Best One-Volume Book on Jefferson
+ John Adams was right.........
+ A very thorough view of a complex man
+ Holds Up Well
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