American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson by Joseph J. Ellis

American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson

Joseph J. Ellis

464 pages first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction biography history reflective slow-paced
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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...

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