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Thomas Jefferson (2012) (edit title/settings)

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by Jon Meacham (Author) (edit contributors)

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In this magnificent biography, Jon Meacham, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of the bestsellers American Lion and Franklin and Winston, gives us an intimate portrait of Thomas Jefferson, the human being, the president, the politician, enabling us to understand Jefferson as never before.... read more

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A Note On The Text
Prologue
Part I The Scion--Beginnings to Spring 1774
One--A Fortunate Son
Two-What Fixed the Destinies of My Life
Three--Roots of Revolution
Four--Temptations and Trials
Five--A World of Desire and Denial
Part II The Revolutionary--Spring 1774 To Summer 1776
Six--Like a Shock of Electricity
Seven--There Is No Peace
Eight--The Famous Mr. Jefferson
Nine--The Course of Human Events
Ten--The Pull of Duty
Part III Reformer and Governor--Late 1776 to 1782
Eleven--An Agenda for Liberty
Twelve--A Troublesome Office
Thirteen--Redcoats at Monticello
Fourteen--To Burn on Through Death
Part IV The Frustrated Congressman--Late 1782 to Mid-1784
Fifteen--Return to the Arena
Sixteen--A Struggle for Respect
Seventeen--Lost Cities and Life Counsel
Part V A Man of the World--1785 to 1789
Eighteen--The Vaunted Scene of Europe
Nineteen--The Philosophical World
Twenty--His Head and Heart
Twenty-One--Do You Like Our New Constitution?
Twenty-Two--A Treaty in Paris
Part VI The First Secretary of State
Twenty-Three--A New Post in New York
Twenty-Four--Mr. Jefferson is Greatly Too Democratic
Twenty-Five--Two Cocks in the Pit
Twenty-Six--The End of a Stormy Tour
Part VII The Leader of the IOpposition--1793-1800
Twenty-Seven--In Wait at Monticello
Twenty-Eight--To the Vice Presidency
Twenty-Nine--The Reign of Witches
Thirty--Adams vs. Jefferson Redux
Thirty-One--A Desperate State of Affairs
Part VIII The President of the United States--1801 to 1809
Thirty-Two--The New Order of Things Begins
Thirty-Three--A Confident President
Thirty-Four--Victories, Scandal, and a Secret Sickness
Thirty-Five--The Air of Enchantment
Thirty-Six--The People Were Never More Happy
Thirty-Seven--A Deep, Dark, and Widespread Conspiracy
Thirty-Eight--This Damned Embargo
Thirty-Nine--A Farewell to Ultimate Power
Part IX The Master of Monticello--1809 to the End
Forty--My Body, Mind, and Affairs
Forty-One--To Form Statesman, Legislators and Judges
Forty-Two--The Knell of the Union
Forty-Three--No, Doctor, Nothing More
Epilogue--All Honor to Jefferson
Author's Notes and Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Illustration Credits
Index

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  1. Jon Meacham (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Random House
Country: USA
Publication Date: November 13, 2012
ISBN: 9781400067664
Page Count: 448

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