Thomas Jefferson

An Intimate History

Fawn M. Brodie, Annette Gordon-Reed (Harvard University)

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Norton
22 October 2010

Biography: historical, political & military; History; History of the Americas; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Political leaders & leadership

With a novelist's skill and a scholar's meticulous detail, Fawn M. Brodie portrays Thomas Jefferson as he wrestled with the great issues of his time: revolution, religion, power, race, and love—ambivalences that exerted a subtle but powerful influence on his political ideas and his presidency. Far advanced for its time, Brodie's biography was the first to set forth a convincing case that Thomas Jefferson was the father of children by his slave Sally Hemings. In a new introduction, Annette Gordon-Reed, the Pulitzer Prize?winning author of The Hemingses of Monticello, explores the impact of Brodie's groundbreaking book and explains why it is still such a powerful account of one of our greatest and most elusive presidents.

By: Fawn M. Brodie
Introduction by: Annette Gordon-Reed (Harvard University)
Imprint: Norton
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: Re-issue
Dimensions: Height: 211mm, Width: 142mm, Spine: 43mm
Weight: 555g
ISBN: 9780393338331
ISBN 10: 0393338339
Pages: 624
Publication Date: 22 October 2010
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History

A powerful and touching portrait. . . . Brodie has humanized Jefferson without in the least diminishing him.--Wallace Stegner, author of Beyond the Hundredth Meridian