Thomas Jefferson Best Known For - April 2024

Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire: A Story of Wealth, Ambition, and Survival

In the tradition of The Lost City of Z and Skeletons in the Zahara, Astoria is the thrilling, true-adventure tale of the 1810 Astor Expedition, an epic, now forgotten, three-year journey to forge an American empire on the Pacific Coast. Peter Stark offers a harrowing saga in which a band of explorers battled nature, starvation, and madness to establish the first American settlement in the Pacific Northwest and opened up what would become the Oregon trail, permanently altering the nation's landscape and its global standing.Six years after Lewis and Clark's began their journey to the Pacific Nor... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00DB361N8
• ASIN: B00DB361N8
• Brand: ECCO
• Manufacturer: Ecco

1776

• ASIN: 0743226720
• ASIN: 0743226720
• ISBN: 0743226720
• Brand: Simon & Schuster
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

My Dear Hamilton: A Novel of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton

"Not since I read Erik Larson's Dead Wake have I had such an edge-of-my-seat immersion into historical events. [...] No study of Alexander Hamilton would be complete without reading this book."-Karen White, New York Times bestselling authorFrom the New York Times bestselling authors of America's First Daughter comes the epic story of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton--a revolutionary woman who, like her new nation, struggled to define herself in the wake of war, betrayal, and tragedy. In this haunting, moving, and beautifully written novel, Dray and Kamoie used thousands of letters and original sources... [Read More]

• ASIN: 006246616X
• ASIN: 006246616X
• ISBN: 006246616X
• Manufacturer: William Morrow Paperbacks

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

• ASIN: B00AK78P8W
• ASIN: B00AK78P8W
• Brand: Simon & Schuster
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

America's First Daughter: A Novel

The New York Times and 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 he... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00ZP4KE70
• ASIN: B00ZP4KE70
• Manufacturer: William Morrow Paperbacks

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

Presidents of War

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From a preeminent presidential historian comes a “monumental and profoundly important” (Ron Chernow) saga of America’s wartime chief executivesBILL GATES’S SUMMER READING LISTTen years in the research and writing, Presidents of War is a fresh, magisterial, intimate look at a procession of American leaders as they took the nation into conflict and mobilized their country for victory. It brings us into the room as they make the most difficult decisions that face any President, at times sending hundreds of thousands of American men and women to their deat... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0307409600
• ASIN: 0307409600
• ISBN: 9780307409607
• Manufacturer: Crown

Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

• ASIN: B0089EHKE8
• ASIN: B0089EHKE8
• Manufacturer: Random House

George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution

When George Washington beat a hasty retreat from New York City in August 1776, many thought the American Revolution might soon be over. Instead, Washington rallied—thanks in large part to a little-known, top-secret group called the Culper Spy Ring. He realized that he couldn’t defeat the British with military might, so he recruited a sophisticated and deeply secretive intelligence network to infiltrate New York.Drawing on extensive research, Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger have offered fascinating portraits of these spies: a reserved Quaker merchant, a tavern keeper, a brash young longshorem... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0143130609
• ASIN: 0143130609
• ISBN: 0143130609
• Brand: Don Yaeger Brian Kilmeade
• Manufacturer: Sentinel

James Monroe: A Captivating Guide to the Founding Father Who Served as the Fifth President of the United States

Explore the Captivating Life of James MornoeFree History BONUS Inside!From plantation owner to diplomat to U.S. President, James Monroe was known for his tenacity in pursuing what he thought was right, while also being honored for his fair policies, such as the Monroe Doctrine and policies to develop the country’s infrastructure. These traits were recognized in 1816, when the West African country of Liberia, changed its name to Monrovia, in honor of James Monroe. It serves as the only international capital named after a U.S. President, and only one of two capitals in the world named after a ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07FN86G8X
• ASIN: B07FN86G8X

John Adams

• ASIN: B000FC0QHA
• ASIN: B000FC0QHA
• Brand: Unknown
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans: The Battle That Shaped America's Destiny

Another history pageturner from the authors of the #1 bestsellers George Washington's Secret Six and Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates.The War of 1812 saw America threatened on every side. Encouraged by the British, Indian tribes attacked settlers in the West, while the Royal Navy terrorized the coasts. By mid-1814, President James Madison’s generals had lost control of the war in the North, losing battles in Canada. Then British troops set the White House ablaze, and a feeling of hopelessness spread across the country.Into this dire situation stepped Major General Andrew Jackson. ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0735213232
• ASIN: 0735213232
• ISBN: 0735213232
• Brand: Penguin Random House
• Manufacturer: Sentinel

Theodore Roosevelt: A Life From Beginning to End (Biographies of US Presidents Book 26)

Theodore RooseveltThere was truly no one like Theodore Roosevelt. From a sickly boy, Teddy (as the world came to know him) would transform himself into the apex of vigor and energy. From husband, father and rancher to hunter, governor and president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt led a most extraordinary life. Inside you will read about...✓ Early Life & Education✓ Early Political Career and Marriage✓ The Old West and a New Beginning✓ Early Public Life✓ Becoming a National Figure✓ Governor and Vice President✓ Presidency✓ Post-Presidency✓ Election of 1912 and Final Yea... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01INE5VJO
• ASIN: B01INE5VJO

Killing England: The Brutal Struggle for American Independence (Bill O'Reilly's Killing Series)

The Revolutionary War as never told before.The breathtaking latest installment in Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard’s mega-bestselling Killing series transports readers to the most important era in our nation’s history, the Revolutionary War. Told through the eyes of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Great Britain’s King George III, Killing England chronicles the path to independence in gripping detail, taking the reader from the battlefields of America to the royal courts of Europe. What started as protest and unrest in the colonies soon escalated to a world wa... [Read More]

• ASIN: B06XFGWZZ2
• ASIN: B06XFGWZZ2
• Brand: Unknown
• Manufacturer: Henry Holt and Co.

Thomas Jefferson

• ASIN: B07FBN2SWB
• ASIN: B07FBN2SWB

Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

9781400067664

• UPC: 20528882
• Rating: 4.159

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

The Real Thomas Jefferson

• UPC: 1765216
• Rating: 5.0

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

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

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

Thomas Jefferson : Author of America

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

• UPC: 10736799
• Rating: 4.667

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

"most Blessed of the Patriarchs" : Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination

Presents a history that explicates Thomas Jefferson's vision of himself, the American Revolution, Christianity, slavery, and

• UPC: 55308679
• Rating: 3.5