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Thomas Jefferson designed his own tombstone, describing himself simply as "Author of the Declaration of Independence and of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia." It is in this simple epitaph that R.B. Bernstein finds the key to this enigmatic Founder--not as a great political figure, but as leader of "a revolution of ideas that would make the world over again."
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      New: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK 202x135 mm. (288) this book explores the life of thomas jefferson (1743-1826): first secretary of state, second vice president, fifth president of the united states, and a renaissance man of early america. perhaps best known as the author of the declaration of independence, he also drafted the virginia statute for religious freedom and wrote notes on the state of virginia (1787); as president, he approved the louisiana purchase and organized the lewis and clark expedition. he led the effort to organize the university of virginia, and served as its first rector. but these are merely the highlights of his life. long hailed as a visionary shaper of american history, jefferson was a man of his time and place. this biography sets him in context, as a member of the virginia gentry, an able and skilled lawyer, a talented politician who no*n*e*t*heless shunned the political spotlight, and the finest writer of his era. (Paperback)
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      Thomas Jefferson designed his own tombstone, describing himself simply as "Author of the Declaration of Independence and of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia." It is in this simple epitaph that R.B. Bernstein finds the key to this enigmatic Founder--not as a great political figure, but as leader of "a revolution of ideas that would make the world over again."
      In Thomas Jefferson, Bernstein offers the definitive short biography of this revered American--the first concise life in six decades. Bernstein deftly synthesizes the massive scholarship on his subject into a swift, insightful, evenhanded account. Here are all of Jefferson's triumphs, contradictions, and failings, from his luxurious (and debt-burdened) life as a Virginia gentleman to his passionate belief in democracy, from his tortured defense of slavery to his relationship with Sally Hemings. Jefferson was indeed multifaceted--an architect, inventor, writer, diplomat, propagandist, planter, party leader--and Bernstein explores all these roles even as he illuminates Jefferson's central place in the American enlightenment, that "revolution of ideas" that did so much to create the nation we know today. Together with the less well-remembered points in Jefferson's thinking--the nature of the Union, his vision of who was entitled to citizenship, his dread of debt (both personal and national)--they form the heart of this lively biography.
      In this marvel of compression and comprehension, we see Jefferson more clearly than in the massive studies of earlier generations. More important, we see, in Jefferson's visionary ideas, the birth of the nation's grand sense of purpose.

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      • Media: Paperback Book, 253 pages
      • Language: English
      • Publisher: Oxford University Press (May. 31st, 2005)
      • ISBN-10: 0195181301
      • ISBN-13: 9780195181302
      • Dimensions: 5.10 x 8.36 x 0.54 inches
      • Shipping Weight: 0.52 lbs
      • Categories: General Historical Fiction Biographies & General Historical Fiction Autobiographies

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