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1	American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson more books like this by Joseph J Ellis add to wishlist A biography of Thomas Jefferson, written by a professor of history at Mount Holyoke. see all copies from $2.76! new only from $7.73! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy more books like this by Annette Gordon-Reed add to wishlist Rumours of Jefferson's sexual involvement with his slave Sally Hemings have circulated for two centuries. In this text, the author sets out to intensify the debate, arguing not that the events necessarily took place, but that the evidence for their taking place has been denied a fair hearing. see all copies from $3.06! new only from $11.24! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Adams Vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800 more books like this by John E Ferling add to wishlist It was a contest of titans: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, two heroes of the Revolutionary era, once intimate friends, now icy antagonists locked in a fierce battle for the future of the United States. The election of 1800 was a thunderous clash of a campaign that climaxed in a deadlock in the Electoral College and led to a crisis in which the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Sally Hemings more books like this by Barbara Chase-Riboud add to wishlist An imaginative reconstruction of the 38-year love affair between Thomas Jefferson and a slave woman on his plantation. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.48! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History more books like this by Fawn McKay Brodie add to wishlist This portrayal of a complex man, this biography explores Thomas Jefferson's inner life and his relationship with Sally Hemings. Jefferson is shown to be a man of passion and feeling. The author shows how Jefferson wrestled with issues of revolution, religion, power, race and love - ambivalences that exerted a powerful influence on his political ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.52! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Meet Thomas Jefferson more books like this by Marvin Barrett add to wishlist An introduction to the life of Thomas Jefferson--author of the Declaration of Independence and the third President of the United States. Illustrations accompany the text. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Adams-Jefferson Letters: The Complete Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson and Abigail and John Adams more books like this by John Adams, Lester J Cappon (Editor) add to wishlist An intellectual dialogue of the highest plane achieved in America, the correspondence between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson spanned half a century and embraced government, philosophy, religion, quotidiana, and family griefs and joys. First meeting as delegates to the Continental Congress in 1775, they initiated correspondence in 1777, negotiated ... see all copies from $13.25! new only from $20.69! \| SVS
8	The Meaning of Independence: John Adams, George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson more books like this by Professor Edmund S Morgan add to wishlist "The Meaning of Independence", first published in 1976, has become one of the standard short works on the first three presidents of the United States - George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson. When the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association and the Organization of American Historians asked 1,500 historians to name the ten best books about ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.96! \| SVS
9	Thomas Jefferson more books like this by R B Bernstein add to wishlist Thomas Jefferson designed his own tombstone, describing himself simply as "Author of the Declaration of Independence and of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia." It is in this simple epitaph that R.B. Bernstein finds the key to this enigmatic Founder--not as a great political figure, but as leader ... see all copies from $9.50! new only from $11.92! \| first editions \| SVS
10	I Am Murdered: George Wythe, Thomas Jefferson, and the Killing That Shocked a New Nation more books like this by Bruce Chadwick, Ph.D. add to wishlist "A good story, well told, of a sliver of life in Richmond, a small, elite-driven capital city in the young nation's most influential state." --Publishers Weekly George Wythe clung to the mahogany banister as he inched down the staircase of his comfortable Richmond, Virginia, home. Doubled over in agony, he stumbled to the kitchen in search of ... see all copies from $2.89! new only from $2.93! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	The Life and Selected Writings of Thomas Jefferson more books like this by Thomas Jefferson add to wishlist The architect of the Declaration of Independence and third president of the U.S., Thomas Jefferson provided a rich treasure house of historical information in his journals, addresses, and letters. This distinguished selection of his writings is now available in trade paper. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.35! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Thomas Jefferson: A Life more books like this by Willard Sterne Randall add to wishlist This highly acclaimed biography captures, in a single volume, the complete picture of Thomas Jefferson's private and public life. Drawing on extensive research, Willard Sterne Randall presents a stirring biography that Publishers Weekly hailed as "a masterful . . . portrait that brings us closer to Jefferson than any previous biography". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Inventing A Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson more books like this by Gore Vidal add to wishlist Gore Vidal's lifelong interest in the United States, and in particular the period of the Founding Fathers, is here on display in his uniquely tendentious take on the first three presidents. Through these portraits, Vidal recreates the historical contexts and the key debates and personalities that established what has been called the world's ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	A Magnificent Catastrophe: The Tumultuous Election of 1800, America's First Presidential Campaign more books like this by Professor Edward J Larson, J.D., PH.D. add to wishlist Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Larsons new book presents a masterful and revelatory account of the titanic election battle that had been so momentous to the countrys future that Thomas Jefferson had called it Americas second revolution. 16 pages of b&w photographs. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Thomas Jefferson: Author of America more books like this by Christopher Hitchens add to wishlist This compelling new biography of Jefferson is set amid the historical drama of the new nation's struggle for independence. The author presents a portrait of a formative figure and a turbulent era in history. see all copies from $5.41! new only from $5.71! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Thomas Jefferson more books like this by Joyce Appleby, Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Jr. (Editor) add to wishlist An illuminating analysis of the man whose name is synonymous with American democracy. In this compelling examination, distinguished historian Appleby captures all of the richness of Jefferson's character and accomplishments. see all copies from $5.36! new only from $12.50! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The Road to Monticello: The Life and Mind of Thomas Jefferson more books like this by Kevin J Hayes add to wishlist The sheer variety of Jefferson's many pursuits-he was an inventor, horticulturist, statesman, architect, and philosopher, among many other things-almost mask the singularity of his genius. But there is little doubt that our third president was also one of America's greatest intellectuals. This superb new biography focuses on Jefferson's ... see all copies from $18.01! new only from $18.01! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Jefferson: Writings more books like this by Thomas Jefferson, Merrill D Peterson (Editor) add to wishlist The library of America is dedicated to publishing America's best and most significant writing in handsome, enduring volumes, featuring authoritative texts. Hailed as the "finest-looking, longest-lasting editions ever made" (The New Republic), Library of America volumes make a fine gift for any occasion. Now, with exactly one hundred volumes to ... see all copies from $7.75! new only from $18.50! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Thomas Jefferson and the New Nation: A Biography more books like this by Merrill D Peterson add to wishlist Thomas Jefferson and the New Nation treats the historical Jefferson, and in this sense-in the sense of shadow and substance-may be viewed as a biographical companion to the former work. see all copies from $27.00! new only from $53.25! \| first editions
20 view cover	Hamilton, Adams, Jefferson: The Politics of Enlightenment and the American Founding more books like this by Darren Staloff add to wishlist In this study of three Founding Fathers, a historian examines the influence of the Enlightenment on their politics. Hamilton, Adams, and Jefferson each "read" the Enlightenment philosophers in different ways, taking from them views of government and people that differed significantly, and that shaped the debates over, for example, the pros and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Thomas Jefferson more books like this by Willard Sterne Randall add to wishlist youth in colonial Virginia to his tragic final days at Monticello. Throughout the narrative, Randall shows Jefferson to be a dynamic and thoroughly modern man, who committed himself to a search for a meaningful, authentic way of life. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $34.90! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Jefferson and Monticello: The Biography of a Builder more books like this by Jack McLaughlin add to wishlist This book, a National Book Award nominee in 1988, is the life of Thomas Jefferson as seen through the prism of his love affair with Monticello. With a sure command of sources and skilled intuituve understanding of Jefferson, McLaughlin crafts and uncommon portrait of this exceptional man--and of daily life in COlonial and Federal America. Line ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.98! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The Jefferson Image in the American Mind more books like this by Merrill D Peterson add to wishlist This text, first published in 1960, presents a study of Thomas Jefferson's posthumous reputation, and its influence on American imagination and political thought from the 1820s to the 1930s. It examines how Jefferson's reputation rose and fell and what this shows about America's evolving culture. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $37.02! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Jefferson Vs. Hamilton: Confrontations That Shaped a Nation more books like this by Noble E Cunningham, Jr. add to wishlist Through a generous selection of writings from the works of two Founding Fathers, the editor of this collection helps delineate both sides of key issues that the new nation confronted--while highlighting the rhetorical skills, and personal qualities, of both Hamilton and Jefferson. see all copies from $7.95! new only from $15.94! \| SVS
25 view cover	Setting the World Ablaze: Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and the American Revolution more books like this by John E Ferling add to wishlist This work is the story of the three men who, perhaps more than any others, helped bring the United States into being: George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. Braiding three strands into one narrative, Ferling brings these American icons down from their pedestals to show them as men of flesh and blood, and gives us a new understanding ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.97! \| first editions \| SVS

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