Thomas Jefferson's lives : biographers and the battle for history / edited by Robert M.S. McDonald.

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"Who was the 'real' Thomas Jefferson? If this question has an answer, it will probably not be revealed to anyone attempting to read the many accounts of his life. For two centuries biographers have provided divergent perspectives on him as a man and conflicting appraisals of his accomplishments. Con...

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Uniform Title:Jeffersonian America.
Other Authors: McDonald, Robert M. S., 1970- (Editor)
Meacham, Jon (writer of foreword.)
Wood, Gordon S. (writer of afterword.)
Language:English
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2019.
Series:Jeffersonian America.
Subjects:
Jefferson, Thomas, > 1743-1826.
Presidents > United States > Biography > History and criticism.
Biographers > United States.
United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Historiography.
United States > History > 1783-1865 > Historiography.
Biographers.
Historiography.
Presidents.
United States.
1775-1865
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Genre:
Biography
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Physical Description:xxvii, 311 pages ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
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