Jefferson and Monticello: The Biography of a Builder, Paperback - Jack McLaughlin

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This visually stunning volume explores Monticello, both house and plantation, with texts that present a current assessment of Jefferson's cultural ...

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To be effective, sovereignty must be secured through force or consent by those living in a territory, and accepted externally by other sovereign st...

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Reducere. Discover the life of Thomas Jefferson--a story about big ideas and building a nation for kids ages 6 to 9 Thomas Jefferson helped write the Declara...

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A revelatory new biography of Thomas Jefferson, focusing on his ethical and spiritual lifePublisher: Yale University PressAuthor(s): Thomas S. Kidd...

Reducere. In 1804 Thomas Jefferson decided to study the gospels to see if he could distill the essence of Jesus' teachings into a concise book that could be ...

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Reducere. In 1821, at the age of seventy-seven, Thomas Jefferson decided to "state some recollections of dates and facts concerning myself." His ancestors, J...

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Reducere. Dumas Malone's classic six-volume biography Jefferson and His Time was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in history and became the standard work on Jeffer...

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He has just been awarded the prestigious Master Builder award, his beautiful wife still loves him, his beautiful secretary still flirts with him an...

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