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Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History

by Fawn Mckay Brodie

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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 introduction, Annette Gordon-Reed, the Pulitzer Prize'"winning author of The Hemingses of Monticello, explores the impact of Brodie"s groundbreaking book and explains why it is still such a powerful account of one of our greatest and most elusive presidents.

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An ambitious, perceptive portrayal of a complex man, this best-selling biography broke new ground in its exploration of Jefferson's inner life.

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A seminal biography of Thomas Jefferson and a fascinating exploration of his relationship with Sally Hemings.

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Here for the first time we meet Jefferson as a man of feeling and passion. With a novelist's skill and meticulous scholarship, Fawn M. Brodie shows Jefferson as he wrestled with issues of revolution, religion, power, race, and love-ambivalences that exerted a subtle but powerful influence on his political writing and his decision making. The portrait that results adds a whole new depth to those of the past.
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Fawn M. Brodie was professor of history at the University of California, Los Angeles, and author of several noted biographies, including Thomas Jefferson and The Devil Drives: A Life of Sir Richard Burton
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780393317527
Subtitle:
An Intimate History
Author:
Brodie, Fawn McKay
Author:
Gordon-Reed, Annette
Author:
Fawn M. Brodie
Author:
Brodie, Fawn McKay
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Biography
Subject:
Historical - U.S.
Subject:
United States - General
Subject:
Presidents
Subject:
Jefferson, thomas, 1743-1826
Subject:
Jefferson, Thomas
Subject:
Presidents & Heads of State
Subject:
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Edition Description:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Publication Date:
19980417
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
16 pages of illustrations
Pages:
608
Dimensions:
8.25 x 5.5 x 1 in
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"Synopsis" by , An ambitious, perceptive portrayal of a complex man, this best-selling biography broke new ground in its exploration of Jefferson's inner life.
"Synopsis" by , A seminal biography of Thomas Jefferson and a fascinating exploration of his relationship with Sally Hemings.
"Synopsis" by , Here for the first time we meet Jefferson as a man of feeling and passion. With a novelist's skill and meticulous scholarship, Fawn M. Brodie shows Jefferson as he wrestled with issues of revolution, religion, power, race, and love-ambivalences that exerted a subtle but powerful influence on his political writing and his decision making. The portrait that results adds a whole new depth to those of the past.
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