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2morryb
Although it is not a Jefferson Bio per say, Undaunted Courage provides some insight into Jefferson and his most well known accomplishment, The Louisana Purchase. You can alos go to the American Presidents group and they will have a number of Bios for Jefferson under their Jefferson discussion.
The group would be the American Presidents Challenge.
The group would be the American Presidents Challenge.
3wildbill
I think the six volume work by Dumas Malone is still considered the authoritative biography of Jefferson. Written in the 1970's it may be a bit dated but you will learn a lot about Thomas Jefferson.
5Texaco
1: There are the papers written by Fawn Brodie Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History and Annette Gordon-Reed The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family chronicling the 'dark' side of the Jefferson persona.
There is also the short memoir written by his son Madison Hemings:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison_Hemings
There is also the short memoir written by his son Madison Hemings:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison_Hemings
6petie1974
A great intellectual biography of Thomas Jefferson is The Road to Monticello by Kevin Hayes. I highly recommend it.
7FordStaff
If your gonna read Dumas Malone's volume on Jefferson just take note that he is pretty pro Jefferson.
8ALinNY458
It's been a while since I read it but I suggest you take a look at Thomas Jefferson: A Life. It's thorough, well-written, a single volume and available in paperback. It does not spend more than a few pages on the Sally Hemming's relationship but that was just a footnote compared to his highly accomplished public life.
9Eagleduck86
If you prefer an audiobook, American Sphinx by Joseph Ellis is available from Audible. Otherwise, the other suggestions might be more straightforward and comprehensive.
10jztemple
Coincidentally enough I just grabbed a copy of Mr. Jefferson's Lost Cause: Land, Farmers, Slavery, and the Louisiana Purchase from a swap site. The Amazon reviews are rather mixed, but I have a surplus of points and certainly it's a different sort of Jefferson bio.
11timspalding
>9 Eagleduck86:
I am half-way through Founding Brothers by Ellis. I was enjoying it quite a bit when I realized who he was—the professor who spent decades lying about his service in Vietnam, which he had never visited. (Abby even too that famous class.) It has me rather conflicted. I get the sense from Jeremy, who knows this stuff, that Ellis' scholarly work has not been indicted—and no doubt the Vietnam thing had people looking through it with a fine-toothed comb. But still...
I am half-way through Founding Brothers by Ellis. I was enjoying it quite a bit when I realized who he was—the professor who spent decades lying about his service in Vietnam, which he had never visited. (Abby even too that famous class.) It has me rather conflicted. I get the sense from Jeremy, who knows this stuff, that Ellis' scholarly work has not been indicted—and no doubt the Vietnam thing had people looking through it with a fine-toothed comb. But still...
12FordStaff
>11 timspalding:
I was not aware of this debacle but regardless of the quality of the character of the author American Sphinx was a good book(although limited in scope).
I was not aware of this debacle but regardless of the quality of the character of the author American Sphinx was a good book(although limited in scope).
13sgtbigg
#11 - Tim, I had the same feeling regarding Ellis for a long time and refused to read any of his books. It was only about two years ago that I finally broke down and read Founding Brothers. While is behavior in the classroom is despicable, I don't think it has the same impact on his work as did the behavior of Ambrose, Kearns, or Bellesiles.
14cyderry
A bunch of us have signed up for the US Presidents Challenge (read bios on all the presidents) so you might want to check out the thread on Jefferson (http://www.librarything.com/topic/51502) to see what those readers read and thought.
15petie1974
For a very much older (and slightly more negative) perspective on Jefferson and his presidency you might want to take a look at Henry Adams' History of the United States During the Administration of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. However, the original work runs nine volumes so you may want to go with the two volume version that was republished by the Library of Congress.
16ThomasCWilliams
Gilbert Chinard's Thomas Jefferson: The Apostle of Americanism is one of the best. It was first published in 1929 but has gone through many reprints. I got a 1957 paperback edition for $14 plus shipping. I'm currently reading Thomas Jefferson on Wine by John Hailman. Very in-depth coverage of Jeff's thoughts on the subject and his travels through the vine-growing regions of France. There are now a series of historic markers which trace the route Jefferson took. A map of the route is included in Hailman's book--if you have thoughts of following it yourself...
