Thomas Jefferson: Author of America

Thomas Jefferson: Author of America

by Christopher Hitchens
Thomas Jefferson: Author of America

Thomas Jefferson: Author of America

by Christopher Hitchens

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"A balanced, readable portrait. A refreshing perspective.” —New York Times Book Review

With intelligence, insight, eloquence, and wit, bestselling author Christopher Hitchens gives us an artful portrait of a complex, formative figure in American history and his turbulent era.

In this unique biography of Thomas Jefferson, leading journalist and social critic Christopher Hitchens offers a startlingly new and provocative interpretation of our Founding Father—a man conflicted by power who wrote the Declaration of Independence and acted as ambassador to France yet yearned for a quieter career in the Virginia legislature. A masterly writer, Jefferson was an awkward public speaker. A professed proponent of emancipation, he elided the issue of slavery from the Declaration of Independence and continued to own human property. A reluctant candidate, he left an indelible presidential legacy.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780061753978
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 10/13/2009
Series: Eminent Lives
Sold by: HARPERCOLLINS
Format: eBook
Pages: 208
Sales rank: 794,419
File size: 938 KB

About the Author

Christopher Hitchens was the author of numerous books, including the controversial international bestseller God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything.

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