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A new and more complex portrait of Thomas Jefferson, as told by Jefferson himself. Not trusting biographers with his story and frustrated by his friends' failure to justify his role in the American Revolution, Thomas Jefferson wrote his autobiography on his own terms at the age of seventy-seven...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Other Authors: Zall, Paul M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [2002]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Jefferson, Thomas, > 1743-1826.
Jefferson, Thomas, > 1743-1826 > Correspondence.
Jefferson, Thomas, > 1743-1826 > Archives.
Presidents.
Politics and government.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Presidents > United States > Biography.
United States.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1789-1809 > Sources.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1775-1783 > Sources.
United States > Politics and government > 1789-1809 > Sources.
United States > Politics and government > 1775-1783 > Sources.
Sources.
Personal correspondence.
Biographies.
Archives.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:A new and more complex portrait of Thomas Jefferson, as told by Jefferson himself. Not trusting biographers with his story and frustrated by his friends' failure to justify his role in the American Revolution, Thomas Jefferson wrote his autobiography on his own terms at the age of seventy-seven. The resulting book ends, well before his death, with his return from France at the age of forty-six. Asked for additional details concerning his life, Jefferson often claimed to have a ""decayed memory."" Fortunately, this shrewd politician, philosopher, architect, inventor, farmer, and scientist penne.
Physical Description:1 online resource (176 pages).
ISBN:9780813159355

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