In Pursuit of Reason The Life of Thomas Jefferson

Name: In Pursuit of Reason The Life of Thomas Jefferson
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ISBN: 9780345353801

ISBN-10: 0345353803

ISBN-13: 9780345353801

Edition: N/A

Authors: Noble E. Cunningham, Noble E. Cunningham

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"A major contribution." Washington Post The authoritative single-volume biography of Thomas Jefferson, perhaps the most significant figure in American history. He was a complex and compelling man: a fervent advocate of democracy who enjoyed the life of a southern aristocrat and owned slaves, a revolutionary who became president, a believer in states' rights who did much to further the power of the federal government. Drawing on the recent explosion of Jeffersonian scholarship and fresh readings of original sources, IN PURSUIT OF REASON is a monument to Jefferson that will endure for generations.

Book details

List price: $19.00
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 5/12/1988
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.22" long x 0.93" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Noble Cunningham is the author and historical editor of more than a dozen books about Jefferson, including The Inaugural Addresses of President Thomas Jefferson, 1801 and 1805. A professor of history at the University of Missouri-Columbia, Cunningham was an adviser for the Library of Congress's major Bicentennial exhibition, "Thomas Jefferson."



Preface and Acknowledgments



The Formative Years



Public Life and Private World



The Road to Revolution



At Philadelphia



Virginia Reformer



Wartime Governor of Virginia



Withdrawal, Sorrow, and Return



The Scene of Europe



Romantic Interlude and New Adventures



Witness to Revolution in France



First Months at the State Department



Conflict in Washington's Cabinet



A Trying Year



Renewal at Monticello



Vice-President



The Election of 1800



A President in Command



Presidential Zenith



Trials of a Second Term



Closing a Political Career



The Sage of Monticello



A Final Legacy


Notes


Bibliographical Note


Index