Jefferson
Architect of America
Page Smith(Author)
ibooks Inc (Publisher)
Published on 1. September 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-7434-5236-6 (ISBN)
Description
You know him well, by reputation. But what was Thomas Jefferson really like? The man whom author Page Smith has found in this perceptive biography is someone you can envision at eye level, even get to know. Here is an artist-with words, with architecture, with ideas. He is not a good politican. He is not a businessman. The inheritor of large estates and many slaves, and a studious, eager farmer, he nevertheless stays in debt for most of his improvident life. He tolls the "common man," yet loves the amenities of a decadent Europe. He calls for revolution, but the imperatives of war immobilize him. Once you have met Thomas Jefferson the man, Thomas Jefferson the American hero and legend becomes all the more impressive.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Simon & Schuster
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
295 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7434-5236-6 (9780743452366)
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