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At different times Thomas Jefferson has been claimed by Southern secessionists and Northern abolitionists, New Deal liberals and neoconservatives Now historian Joseph J. Ellis restores our most elusive national icon to human dimensions with insight, sympathy, and superb style, shrewdly... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Thomas Jefferson: President of the United States
- John Adams: Another President of the United States.
- Alexander Hamilton: Secretary of State, killed in a duel with Aaron Burr
- John Marshall: Add a description of this character.
- James Monroe
- James Madison
- George Iii
- Martha Jefferson
- Maria Cosway
- Patrick Henry
- Abigail Adams
- Benjamin Franklin
- Aaron Burr
- Thomas Mann Randolph
- Patsy
- Callender
- Mary Jo
- Sally Hemings
- Edmund Pendleton
- Richard Henry Lee
- Tom Paine
- Polly
- Daniel Shays
- Lincoln
- Dickinson
- John Locke
- John Jay
- William
- Benjamin Rush
- Henry Adams
- George Washington
Setting & Locations edit
- Monticello
- North America
- Virginia
- France
- Paris
- Philadelphia
- New England
- Europe
- United States
- Gallatin
- Spain
- London
- Versailles
- Massachusetts
- New York
- D.c.
- Louisiana Territory
- Charlottesville
- Mississippi Valley
- Missouri
- Richmond
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Atlantic
- Great Britain
- Lafayette
- Jefferson Memorial
- Worcester
- Tidal Basin
- Albemarle County
- Capitol Hill
- Jupiter
First Sentence edit
IT WAS A PROVINCIAL version of the grand entrance.
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Authors & Contributors edit
- Joseph J. Ellis (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Alfred A Knopf
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1997
ISBN: 0679444904
Page Count: 379
Publisher: Alfred A Knopf
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1997
ISBN: 0679444904
Page Count: 379
Awards edit
- Ambassador Book Award (1998: Biography)
- National Book Critics Circle Award (Finalist, 1997: Biography/Autobiography)
- National Book Award (1997: Nonfiction)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: E332.2 .E45 1997
- Dewey: 973.46092
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