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Politician, philosopher, farmer, architect, and author, Jefferson was born to Peter and Jane Randolph Jefferson on April 13, 1743, in Tuckahoe, Virginia. As Jefferson observed in his autobiography, his parents could "trace their pedigree far back in England and Scotland." At the age of 16, Thomas mostra altro Jefferson entered William and Mary College; at age 24, Jefferson was admitted to the bar; at 25, he was elected to the Virginia Assembly. Renowned for his political contributions to the American colonies, and later, to the embryonic Republic, Jefferson published in 1774 A Summary View of the Rights of British America, celebrating the inalienable natural rights claimed by the colonialists. In 1775 Jefferson was elected to the Continental Congress; in 1776 he joined the five-person committee responsible for drafting the Declaration of Independence---a document that is widely regarded as being largely Jefferson's own work. In 1779 Jefferson was elected governor of the state of Virginia, and in subsequent years he distinguished himself both as a cosmopolitan international politician and as a man committed to the future of Virginia. In 1789 he was appointed U.S. secretary of state, in 1797 he served as vice president under President John Adams, and in 1801 he was elected third president of the United States. Jefferson's literary career was no less stellar than his political accomplishments. He authored tracts and books on such diverse subjects as gardening, the life of Jesus, the history of Virginia, and the practices of farming. The precise descriptions of nature that inform his Notes on the State of Virginia (1787) are frequently credited with foreshadowing the Hudson River school of aesthetics. Thomas Jefferson died on the fourth of July. His grave marker, engraved with words of his own choosing, states, "Here lies Thomas Jefferson, Author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom and Father of the University of Virginia." (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: Portrait by Charles Wilson Peale, 1791. Via Wikimedia Commons

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Opere di Thomas Jefferson

Jefferson's Letters (1900) 80 copie
Thomas Jefferson's Garden Book (1944) — Autore — 68 copie
The Quotable Jefferson (2006) 68 copie
Public and Private Papers (1990) 67 copie
Thomas Jefferson's Architectural Drawings (1961) — Illustratore — 64 copie
Thomas Jefferson (1940) 53 copie
The Complete Jefferson (1943) 31 copie
The Spark of Independence (1997) 30 copie
The illuminated Declaration of independence (1976) — Autore — 13 copie
The essence of Jefferson (1977) 7 copie
Writings Volume I Only (1993) 5 copie
Account of Louisiana (1985) 4 copie
Indian addresses (1990) 2 copie
On Democracy 1 copia
Writings 1 copia
Writings 1 copia
Monticello 1 copia
Nine from Little Rock (2005) 1 copia
Tradition 1 copia
Quotable Jefferson (2013) 1 copia
Miscellany (1990) 1 copia
Public papers (1990) 1 copia

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American Historical Documents (1910) — Collaboratore — 760 copie
The Journals of Lewis and Clark {abridged, Bergon-1989} (1989) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni326 copie
Americans in Paris: A Literary Anthology (2004) — Collaboratore — 297 copie
The Heath Anthology of American Literature, Volume 1 (1990) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni255 copie
The Origins of the American Constitution (1986) — Collaboratore; Collaboratore; Collaboratore — 180 copie
Love Letters (1996) — Collaboratore — 180 copie
A Documentary History of Art, Volume 3 (1966) — Collaboratore — 152 copie
Candide [Norton Critical Edition, 1st ed.] (1966) — Collaboratore — 151 copie
The Literature of the American South: A Norton Anthology (1997) — Collaboratore — 98 copie
American Heritage: A Reader (2011) — Collaboratore — 82 copie
Classics of Modern Political Theory : Machiavelli to Mill (1996) — Collaboratore — 49 copie
Charlotte Temple [Norton Critical Edition] (2010) — Collaboratore — 42 copie
The Dissenters : America's Voices of Opposition (1993) — Collaboratore — 34 copie
A Treatise on Political Economy (1817) — Traduttore, alcune edizioni29 copie
American Literature: The Makers and the Making (In Two Volumes) (1973) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni25 copie
Constructing Nature: Readings from the American Experience (1996) — Collaboratore — 17 copie
Trees: A Celebration (1989) — Collaboratore — 13 copie
Escritos políticos (1964) — Collaboratore — 7 copie
Library of Southern Literature, Vol. VI: Hearn-Johnston (1909) — Collaboratore — 6 copie
An Autobiography of America (1929) — Collaboratore — 4 copie
America through the short story — Collaboratore — 1 copia

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I would not even know where to begin reviewing this tome, which collects many of Thomas Jefferson's writings. Of all the Founding Fathers, he has always been the most intriguing to me with his numerous pursuits -- a real Renaissance man. I had read many of the collected writings separately over the years (I was a history and political science major) but reading them collected this way was a great immersive experience.
 
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bschweiger | 5 altre recensioni | Feb 4, 2024 |
If you want to understand what the classical deism of the American revolution means, read this book.If you want to understand why we have a a first amendment specifying separation of church and state, read this book. Jefferson was a complex character, but was, above all else, an independent and fearless thinker. To quote JFK's remarks at a dinner for Nobel laureates at the White House in 1962: "I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered together at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone."
Five stars. No doubts.
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dhaxton | 29 altre recensioni | Oct 27, 2023 |
I had to return this book to the library before I finished it but I have every intention of getting my hands on it again. Why read "about" what he said when we can read what he had to say?
 
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Kim.Sasso | 3 altre recensioni | Aug 27, 2023 |
I have a half-memory that I had to turn this back in at the library before I was quite finished, and wanted to get it again. I am not as enamored of Jefferson's politics as I was in 2010 but I still find him fascinating and I particularly like biographies so perhaps I'll hunt down a personal copy. It's clear from my old commonplace book that I found it note-worthy!


2010 copy was from Grantville Library, GA
 
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Kim.Sasso | Aug 27, 2023 |

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