The Jefferson Bible

by Percival Everett, Thomas Jefferson

Overview

Visionary author Percival Everett will take an atheist’s-eye-view of the little-known “Jefferson Bible,” the third president’s response to the King James Bible.

Akashic Books announces a provocative series of books with early writings from United States presidents, starting with George Washington and moving chronologically forward in time. Each book will present an introduction by a talented and highly acclaimed contemporary writer. This series will be unlike any other presidential commentaries in print, and will be characterized by a critical viewpoint that will provide a counterbalance to the overly reverent and conservative analyses that invariably accompany presidential writings.

Visionary author Percival Everett will take an atheist’s-eye-view of the little-known “Jefferson Bible,” the third president’s response to the King James Bible.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781888451627
Publisher:	Akashic Books, Ltd.
Publication date:	09/01/2004
Series:	Akashic U.S. Presidents Series , #3
Pages:	88
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.10(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

PERCIVAL EVERETT is is a distinguished professor of English at the University of Southern California. His most recent books include James (#1 New York Times bestseller, Pulitzer Prize winner, National Book Award winner, Kirkus Prize winner), Dr. No (finalist for the NBCC Award for Fiction and winner of the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award), The Trees (finalist for the Booker Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction), and  Telephone (finalist for the Pulitzer Prize). American Fiction, the feature film based on his novel Erasure, was released in 2023 and won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, the writer Danzy Senna, and their children.