Author: Dumas Malone
Publisher: Little Brown & Company
ISBN: 9780316544634
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 551
Book Description
The concluding volume of this six part biography focuses on Jefferson's accomplishments after his retirement from the presidency
The Sage of Monticello
Author: Dumas Malone
Publisher: Little Brown & Company
ISBN: 9780316544634
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 551
Book Description
The concluding volume of this six part biography focuses on Jefferson's accomplishments after his retirement from the presidency
Publisher: Little Brown & Company
ISBN: 9780316544634
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 551
Book Description
The concluding volume of this six part biography focuses on Jefferson's accomplishments after his retirement from the presidency
Jefferson and His Time: Jefferson the Virginian
Author: Dumas Malone
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
A classic biography of Jefferson. Among the many contributions of this authoritative study was Malone's inclusion in each volume of a detailed timeline of Jefferson's activities and frequent travels in his life. Malone's volumes were widely praised for their lucid and graceful writing style, for their rigorous and thorough scholarship, and for their attention to Jefferson's evolving constitutional and political thought. Later, however, some reviewers faulted Malone, believing he had a tendency to adopt Jefferson's own perspective and thus to be insufficiently critical of his occasional political errors, faults, and lapses. Some said that he was biased in favor of Jefferson and against his principal adversaries Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and John Marshall. Also, during the period in which this was being written, historical studies of slavery and its influences in the United States expanded dramatically. Some academics said that Malone did not adequately treat Jefferson's life as a slaveowner and the paradoxes inherent in his views on liberty and slavery.--Adapted from Wikipedia, 11/2016.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
A classic biography of Jefferson. Among the many contributions of this authoritative study was Malone's inclusion in each volume of a detailed timeline of Jefferson's activities and frequent travels in his life. Malone's volumes were widely praised for their lucid and graceful writing style, for their rigorous and thorough scholarship, and for their attention to Jefferson's evolving constitutional and political thought. Later, however, some reviewers faulted Malone, believing he had a tendency to adopt Jefferson's own perspective and thus to be insufficiently critical of his occasional political errors, faults, and lapses. Some said that he was biased in favor of Jefferson and against his principal adversaries Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and John Marshall. Also, during the period in which this was being written, historical studies of slavery and its influences in the United States expanded dramatically. Some academics said that Malone did not adequately treat Jefferson's life as a slaveowner and the paradoxes inherent in his views on liberty and slavery.--Adapted from Wikipedia, 11/2016.
The Sage of Monticello
Author: Dumas Malone
Publisher: Jefferson & His Time (Universi
ISBN: 9780813923666
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Describing Jefferson's retirement from Washington, this volume recounts the events that formed Jefferson's final years, particularly the founding of the Library of Congress and the University of Virginia, in which he played a major role.
Publisher: Jefferson & His Time (Universi
ISBN: 9780813923666
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Describing Jefferson's retirement from Washington, this volume recounts the events that formed Jefferson's final years, particularly the founding of the Library of Congress and the University of Virginia, in which he played a major role.
Martha Jefferson Randolph, Daughter of Monticello
Author: Cynthia A. Kierner
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 080788250X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
As the oldest and favorite daughter of Thomas Jefferson, Martha "Patsy" Jefferson Randolph (1772-1836) was extremely well educated, traveled in the circles of presidents and aristocrats, and was known on two continents for her particular grace and sincerity. Yet, as mistress of a large household, she was not spared the tedium, frustration, and great sorrow that most women of her time faced. Though Patsy's name is familiar because of her famous father, Cynthia Kierner is the first historian to place Patsy at the center of her own story, taking readers into the largely ignored private spaces of the founding era. Randolph's life story reveals the privileges and limits of celebrity and shows that women were able to venture beyond their domestic roles in surprising ways. Following her mother's death, Patsy lived in Paris with her father and later served as hostess at the President's House and at Monticello. Her marriage to Thomas Mann Randolph, a member of Congress and governor of Virginia, was often troubled. She and her eleven children lived mostly at Monticello, greeting famous guests and debating issues ranging from a woman's place to slavery, religion, and democracy. And later, after her family's financial ruin, Patsy became a fixture in Washington society during Andrew Jackson's presidency. In this extraordinary biography, Kierner offers a unique look at American history from the perspective of this intelligent, tactfully assertive woman.
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 080788250X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
As the oldest and favorite daughter of Thomas Jefferson, Martha "Patsy" Jefferson Randolph (1772-1836) was extremely well educated, traveled in the circles of presidents and aristocrats, and was known on two continents for her particular grace and sincerity. Yet, as mistress of a large household, she was not spared the tedium, frustration, and great sorrow that most women of her time faced. Though Patsy's name is familiar because of her famous father, Cynthia Kierner is the first historian to place Patsy at the center of her own story, taking readers into the largely ignored private spaces of the founding era. Randolph's life story reveals the privileges and limits of celebrity and shows that women were able to venture beyond their domestic roles in surprising ways. Following her mother's death, Patsy lived in Paris with her father and later served as hostess at the President's House and at Monticello. Her marriage to Thomas Mann Randolph, a member of Congress and governor of Virginia, was often troubled. She and her eleven children lived mostly at Monticello, greeting famous guests and debating issues ranging from a woman's place to slavery, religion, and democracy. And later, after her family's financial ruin, Patsy became a fixture in Washington society during Andrew Jackson's presidency. In this extraordinary biography, Kierner offers a unique look at American history from the perspective of this intelligent, tactfully assertive woman.
Jefferson and His Time: The sage of Monticello
Author: Dumas Malone
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Jefferson at Monticello
Author: James A. Bear (Jr.)
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 9780813900223
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Monticello was the primary plantation of Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, who began designing Monticello after inheriting land from his father at age 26.
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 9780813900223
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Monticello was the primary plantation of Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, who began designing Monticello after inheriting land from his father at age 26.
American Sphinx
Author: Joseph J. Ellis
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0375727469
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 463
Book Description
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER Following Thomas Jefferson from the drafting of the Declaration of Independence to his retirement in Monticello, Joseph J. Ellis unravels the contradictions of the Jeffersonian character. He gives us the slaveholding libertarian who was capable of decrying mescegenation while maintaing an intimate relationship with his slave, Sally Hemmings; the enemy of government power who exercisdd it audaciously as president; the visionarty who remained curiously blind to the inconsistencies in his nature. American Sphinx is a marvel of scholarship, a delight to read, and an essential gloss on the Jeffersonian legacy.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0375727469
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 463
Book Description
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER Following Thomas Jefferson from the drafting of the Declaration of Independence to his retirement in Monticello, Joseph J. Ellis unravels the contradictions of the Jeffersonian character. He gives us the slaveholding libertarian who was capable of decrying mescegenation while maintaing an intimate relationship with his slave, Sally Hemmings; the enemy of government power who exercisdd it audaciously as president; the visionarty who remained curiously blind to the inconsistencies in his nature. American Sphinx is a marvel of scholarship, a delight to read, and an essential gloss on the Jeffersonian legacy.
Thomas Jefferson
Author: Alf Johnson Mapp (Jr.)
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780742564404
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Follows Jefferson from his inauguration as President in 1801 to his death at the age of 83 on July 4, 1826. It embraces the eight years as Chief Executive in which he doubled the size of the United States by his daring Louisiana Purchase, sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on one of the world's greatest expeditions of exploration, and challenged the formidable Chief Justice John Marshall with a major program of judicial reform. It proves the falseness of the stereotype that Jefferson ignored national defense and tried to keep the Navy weak. The book shows him late in life, with ideas that have relevance today, planning a system of public education and founding the University of Virginia, and it reveals, better than any other biography to date, the intimate details of the lonely private battle he fought during his last tortured, but ultimately triumphant, decade.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780742564404
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Follows Jefferson from his inauguration as President in 1801 to his death at the age of 83 on July 4, 1826. It embraces the eight years as Chief Executive in which he doubled the size of the United States by his daring Louisiana Purchase, sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on one of the world's greatest expeditions of exploration, and challenged the formidable Chief Justice John Marshall with a major program of judicial reform. It proves the falseness of the stereotype that Jefferson ignored national defense and tried to keep the Navy weak. The book shows him late in life, with ideas that have relevance today, planning a system of public education and founding the University of Virginia, and it reveals, better than any other biography to date, the intimate details of the lonely private battle he fought during his last tortured, but ultimately triumphant, decade.
Thomas Jefferson and the New Nation
Author: Merrill D. Peterson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199840520
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1106
Book Description
The definitive life of Jefferson in one volume, this biography relates Jefferson's private life and thought to his prominent public position and reveals the rich complexity of his development. As Peterson explores the dominant themes guiding Jefferson's career--democracy, nationality, and enlightenment--and Jefferson's powerful role in shaping America, he simultaneously tells the story of nation coming into being.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199840520
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1106
Book Description
The definitive life of Jefferson in one volume, this biography relates Jefferson's private life and thought to his prominent public position and reveals the rich complexity of his development. As Peterson explores the dominant themes guiding Jefferson's career--democracy, nationality, and enlightenment--and Jefferson's powerful role in shaping America, he simultaneously tells the story of nation coming into being.
Jefferson the President: First Term 1801 - 1805 - Volume IV
Author: Dumas Malone
Publisher: Little Brown
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Final draft of the 4th volume in Malone's multi-volume biography, Jefferson & his time.
Publisher: Little Brown
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Final draft of the 4th volume in Malone's multi-volume biography, Jefferson & his time.