Jefferson on Jefferson
Jefferson, Thomas; Zall, Paul M. (Senior Researcher, Huntingdon Library, Usa)
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Not trusting biographers, Jefferson wrote his autobiography at 77. This text returns to original manuscripts and correspondence for a new view of the statesman's life. It extends the story where Jefferson left off, weaving excerpts from other writings with passages from the autobiography. Num Pages: 216 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 349.
A new and more complex portrait of Thomas Jefferson, as told by Jefferson himself. Not trusting biographers with his story and frustrated by his friends' failure to justify his role in the American Revolution, Thomas Jefferson wrote his autobiography on his own terms at the age of seventy-seven. The resulting book ends, well before his death, with his return from France at the age of forty-six. Asked for additional details concerning his life, Jefferson often claimed to have a "decayed memory." Fortunately, this shrewd politician, philosopher, architect, inventor, farmer, and scientist penned nearly eighteen thousand letters in his lifetime, saving ... Read more
A new and more complex portrait of Thomas Jefferson, as told by Jefferson himself. Not trusting biographers with his story and frustrated by his friends' failure to justify his role in the American Revolution, Thomas Jefferson wrote his autobiography on his own terms at the age of seventy-seven. The resulting book ends, well before his death, with his return from France at the age of forty-six. Asked for additional details concerning his life, Jefferson often claimed to have a "decayed memory." Fortunately, this shrewd politician, philosopher, architect, inventor, farmer, and scientist penned nearly eighteen thousand letters in his lifetime, saving ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Lexington, United States
ISBN
9780813122359
SKU
V9780813122359
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About Jefferson, Thomas; Zall, Paul M. (Senior Researcher, Huntingdon Library, Usa)
Paul M. Zall is a senior researcher at the Huntington Library. He is the author and editor of many books, including Franklin on Franklin and Lincoln on Lincoln. He lives in South Pasadena, California.
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