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Thomas Jefferson : the art of power / Jon Meacham.

Summary:

Explores Thomas Jefferson as politician and president, a complex human being forever engaged in the wars of his era. Philosophers think; politicians maneuver. Jefferson's genius was that he was both and could do both, often simultaneously, catapulting him into becoming the most successful political leader of the early republic, and perhaps in all of American history.--from publisher

Record details

ISBN: 9781400067664 (acid-free paper)
Physical Description: xxix, 759 , 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 25 cm.
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Random House, [2012]
Copyright: ©2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [691]-729) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The world's best hope -- The scion : beginnings to Spring 1774 -- The revolutionary : Spring 1774 to Summer 1776 -- Reformer and governor : late 1776 to 1782 -- The frustrated Congressman : late 1782 to mid-1784 -- A man of the world : 1875 to 1789 -- The first Secretary of State : 1789 to 1792 -- The leader of the opposition : 1793 to 18900 -- The President of the United States : 1801 to 1809 -- The master of Monticello : 1809 to the end -- All honor to Jefferson.