Jeffersonian Legacies

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Summary: Jefferson in many facets
Review: Compilation of various essays written by various experts about Thomas Jefferson life and his politics as well as his psyhcology.
It is not a biography but you will get all from this book, his life, his times, his politics, his philosophy. One learn many interesting things about this president and some unexpected suprises.His thought about woman and slavery, liberty, politics.

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Summary: A Stellar Collection of Jefferson articles.
Review: I'm in editor Peter Onuf's Jefferson class at the Univeristy of Virginia and this book is on the required reading list for the class. This book is an outstanding collection of essays on Jefferson the man, the forces that motivated him, and the development of the American nation during his lifetime as affected by the man. The scholarship involved approaches the subject matter from many different perspectives giving a very diverse representation. If you want to learn a wide range of points of view on Jefferson's life, this is the ideal book.

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Summary: The best Jefferson book in print.
Review: Nowhere in print will you find such a variety of topics, approaches, and attitudes toward the subject in a book about Thomas Jefferson. From Paul Finkelman to Joyce Appleby, these essays by the leading historians of the early republic, plus others like Finkelman, span the gamut. Buy it, you'll like it!