Thomas Jefferson-Revolutionary: A Radical's Struggle to Remake America

"Lively and clearly written . . . makes a compelling case for the broad range and radical ambitions of Thomas Jefferson's commitment to human equality." —Alan Taylor, Pulitzer Prize–winning author

Though remembered chiefly as author of the Declaration of Independence and the president under whom the Louisiana Purchase was effected, Thomas Jefferson was a true revolutionary in the way he thought about the size and reach of government, which Americans who were full citizens and the role of edu...