Best Thomas Jefferson Biography - April 2024

Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • The Washington Post • Entertainment Weekly • The Seattle Times • St. Louis Post-Dispatch • Bloomberg BusinessweekIn this magnificent biography, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Lion and Franklin and Winston brings vividly to life an extraordinary man and his remarkable times. Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power gives us Jefferson the politician and president, a great and complex human being forever engaged in the wars of his era. Philosophers think; politicians maneuver. Jefferson’s genius was... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0812979486
• ASIN: 0812979486
• ISBN: 0812979486
• Brand: Random House Trade
• Manufacturer: Random House Trade Paperbacks

Jefferson: Architect of American Liberty

From an eminent scholar of the American South, the first full-scale biography of Thomas Jefferson since 1970 Not since Merrill Peterson's Thomas Jefferson and the New Nation has a scholar attempted to write a comprehensive biography of the most complex Founding Father. In Jefferson, John B. Boles plumbs every facet of Thomas Jefferson's life, all while situating him amid the sweeping upheaval of his times. We meet Jefferson the politician and political thinker--as well as Jefferson the architect, scientist, bibliophile, paleontologist, musician, and gourmet. We witness him drafting of the Dec... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0465094686
• ASIN: 0465094686
• ISBN: 0465094686
• Brand: BASIC
• Manufacturer: Basic Books

Thomas Jefferson : Writings : Autobiography / Notes on the State of Virginia / Public and Private Papers / Addresses / Letters (Library of America)

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.LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that averag... [Read More]

• ASIN: 094045016X
• ASIN: 094045016X
• ISBN: 9780940450165
• Brand: Library of America
• Manufacturer: Library of America

The Life and Selected Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Including the Autobiography, The Declaration of Independence & His Public and Private Letters (Modern Library Classics)

“Jefferson aspired beyond the ambition of a nationality, and embraced in his view the whole future of man.”—Henry AdamsThomas Jefferson (1743–1826) left a vast literary legacy in the form of journal entries, notes, addresses, and seventy thousand letters. This extraordinary volume represents many of his most important contributions to American political thought. It features his Autobiography, which contains the original and revised versions of the Declaration of Independence; the Anas, or Notes (1791–1809); Biographical Sketches; selections from Notes on the State of Virginia, the T... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0375752188
• ASIN: 0375752188
• ISBN: 9780375752186
• Manufacturer: Modern Library

THOMAS JEFFERSON: Patriot. Statesman. President. The Entire Life Story (Great Biographies)

Thomas Jefferson was one of the men who helped to bring the United States into being, and he shepherded the country through some of the most dynamic political years in its history. It is possible that without his brilliance, the fledgling democracy, the first in the world since the end of Ancient Greece, may not have survived its first few trials by fire. Inside you’ll read aboutBorn to PrivilegeMarriage and MonticelloRevolution and Nation BuildingPresidencySecond TermReturn to Private LifeLegacyThe Measure of a ManAnd much more!Jefferson was a scientist, fascinated by the development of new... [Read More]

• ASIN: 172383257X
• ASIN: 172383257X
• ISBN: 172383257X
• Manufacturer: Independently published

Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History

A seminal biography of Thomas Jefferson and a fascinating exploration of his relationship with Sally Hemings. With a novelist’s skill and a scholar’s meticulous detail, Fawn M. Brodie portrays Thomas Jefferson as he wrestled with the great issues of his time: revolution, religion, power, race, and love―ambivalences that exerted a subtle but powerful influence on his political ideas and his presidency. Far advanced for its time, Brodie’s biography was the first to set forth a convincing case that Thomas Jefferson was the father of children by his slave Sally Hemings. In a new introducti... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0393338339
• ASIN: 0393338339
• ISBN: 0393338339
• Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company

The Art of Power

• ASIN: B000UZNR0K
• ASIN: B000UZNR0K
• Manufacturer: HarperOne

America's First Daughter: A Novel

THE NEW YORK TIMES & USA TODAY BESTSELLERIn a compelling, richly researched novel that draws from thousands of letters and original sources, bestselling authors Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie tell the fascinating, untold story of Thomas Jefferson's eldest daughter, Martha "Patsy" Jefferson Randolph--a woman who kept the secrets of our most enigmatic founding father and shaped an American legacy.From her earliest days, Patsy Jefferson knows that though her father loves his family dearly, his devotion to his country runs deeper still. As Thomas Jefferson's oldest daughter, she becomes his hel... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0062347268
• ASIN: 0062347268
• ISBN: 0062347268
• Brand: William Morrow Co
• Manufacturer: William Morrow Paperbacks

Thomas Jefferson: President and Philosopher

In this special illustrated edition of the #1 New York Times bestselling Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power by Pulitzer Prize–winning author Jon Meacham, young readers will learn about the life and political philosophy of one of our Founding Fathers. This book is a must-read for President's Day!Thomas Jefferson was the third president of the United States. He was one of the authors of the Declaration of Independence. But he was also a lawyer and an ambassador, an inventor and a scientist. He had a wide range of interests and hobbies, but his consuming interest was the survival and success of... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0385387520
• ASIN: 0385387520
• ISBN: 0385387520
• Brand: YEARLING
• Manufacturer: Yearling

Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The Forgotten War That Changed American History

“Another blockbuster! Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates reads like an edge-of-your-seat, page-turning thriller. You will love this book and also wonder why so few people know this story. No one captures the danger, intrigue, and drama of the American Revolution and its aftermath like Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger.” —Brad ThorThis is the little-known story of how a newly indepen­dent nation was challenged by four Muslim powers and what happened when America’s third president decided to stand up to intimidation. When Thomas Jefferson became president in 1801, America faced a cri... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00SI0B5GW
• ASIN: B00SI0B5GW
• Brand: Sentinel
• Manufacturer: Sentinel

Alexander Hamilton

A New York Times Bestseller, and the inspiration for the hit Broadway musical Hamilton!Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Chernow presents a landmark biography of Alexander Hamilton, the Founding Father who galvanized, inspired, scandalized, and shaped the newborn nation.In the first full-length biography of Alexander Hamilton in decades, Ron Chernow tells the riveting story of a man who overcame all odds to shape, inspire, and scandalize the newborn America. According to historian Joseph Ellis, Alexander Hamilton is “a robust full-length portrait, in my view the best ever written, of t... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0143034758
• ASIN: 0143034758
• ISBN: 0143034758
• Brand: Penguin Books
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (National Book Award Winner)

The National Book Award winning history of how racist ideas were created, spread, and deeply rooted in American society. Some Americans insist that we're living in a post-racial society. But racist thought is not just alive and well in America--it is more sophisticated and more insidious than ever. And as award-winning historian Ibram X. Kendi argues, racist ideas have a long and lingering history, one in which nearly every great American thinker is complicit. In this deeply researched and fast-moving narrative, Kendi chronicles the entire story of anti-black racist ideas and their staggering ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1568585985
• ASIN: 1568585985
• ISBN: 1568585985
• Brand: Unknown
• Manufacturer: Bold Type Books

Thomas Jefferson: A Life from Beginning to End (Biographies of US Presidents)

Thomas JeffersonAt a White House dinner in 1962 honoring the Nobel Prize winners of the Western Hemisphere, President John Kennedy greeted them by saying: “I want to tell you how welcome you are to the White House. I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered together at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.” The laureates might have been a trifle nonplussed to hear themselves collectively compared to one man, but Thomas Jefferson left his imprint on his state of Virginia; his young... [Read More]

• ASIN: 109660843X
• ASIN: 109660843X
• ISBN: 109660843X
• Manufacturer: Independently published

Thomas Jefferson: The Failures And Greatness Of An Ordinary Man

To study Jefferson is to ascend a mountain, its peak awash in veiling mists. He was the embodiment of the Enlightment man, the perfect synthesis of classicist, scientist, and visionary. How can we hope to understand such a towering figure? The Sage of Monticello, deified in American politics, speaks across the ages like a patriotic Moses, or Buddha, or Christ.Or so his disciples would have us believe.The real Thomas Jefferson was an ordinary man, with all the usual failings. Molded by the culture of the Virginia planter class, he fought against tyranny while oppressing his own slaves. He ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01AUXWMWA
• ASIN: B01AUXWMWA
• Manufacturer: Make Profits Easy LLC

Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West

From the New York Times bestselling author of Band of Brothers and D-Day, the definitive book on Lewis and Clark’s exploration of the Louisiana Purchase, the most momentous expedition in American history and one of the great adventure stories of all time.In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson selected his personal secretary, Captain Meriwether Lewis, to lead a voyage up the Missouri River to the Rockies, over the mountains, down the Columbia River to the Pacific Ocean, and back. Lewis and his partner, Captain William Clark, made the first map of the trans-Mississippi West, provided invaluable sc... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0684826976
• ASIN: 0684826976
• ISBN: 0684004542
• Brand: Simon & Schuster
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

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• UPC: 20528882
• Rating: 4.159

Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review - The Washington Post - Entertainment Weekly - The Seattle Times - St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Bloomberg Businessweek In

• UPC: 26583093
• Rating: 4.163

The Portable Thomas Jefferson

Includes A Summary View of the Rights of British America and Notes on the State of Virginia complete; seventy-nine letters; "Response to the Citizens of Albemarle," 1790; "Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank,"

• UPC: 25688365
• Rating: 5.0

The Real Thomas Jefferson : The True Story of America's Philosopher of Freedom

The Real Thomas Jefferson

• UPC: 1765216
• Rating: 5.0

DK Biography: Thomas Jefferson : A Photographic Story of a Life

From his childhood in Virginia to his two terms as President of the United States, this DK Biography tells the story of the principal author of the Declaration of Independence. Includes more than 100 archival

• UPC: 10303260
• Rating: 4.0

The Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson

"This Dover edition, first published in 2005, and reprinted in 2017, is an unabridged republication of the edition published by Capricorn Books, New York, in 1959. The introduction by Dumas Malone has been omitted from

• UPC: 55601012

Thomas Jefferson : The American Presidents Series: The 3rd President, 1801-1809

An analysis of the political career of Thomas Jefferson considers his efforts for minimalist leadership, mandates for free public education and the separation of church and state, and contributions to national

• UPC: 1955517
• Rating: 3.0

American Sphinx : The Character of Thomas Jefferson

Offers a reassessment of the life, image, and career of Thomas Jefferson, examining his complex personality, controversies about the man and his beliefs, and his

• UPC: 379524
• Rating: 3.882

Twilight at Monticello : The Final Years of Thomas Jefferson

"Twilight at Monticello" presents an unprecedented, intimate look at Thomas Jefferson in his final years--from his return to Monticello in 1809 after two terms as president until his death in 1826--that offers a new perspective

• UPC: 10570825
• Rating: 4.0

Thomas Jefferson

Bernstein offers the definitive short biography of this revered American, delving into all of Jefferson's triumphs, contradictions, and failings, from his luxurious (and debt-burdened) life as a Virginia gentleman to his passionate belief in

• UPC: 3598873
• Rating: 3.75