Title: Flight from Monticello : Thomas Jefferson at war /
Authors: Kranish, Michael.
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Jefferson, Thomas,; Jefferson, Thomas, Adversaries.; Henry, Patrick,; Governors Virginia Biography; Presidents United States Biography; Virginia History; Virginia Politics and government; United States Politics and government
Abstract: Kranish describes Jefferson's many stumbles as he struggled to respond to the British invasion of colonial Virginia, and along the way, the author paints an intimate portrait of Jefferson, illuminating his quiet conversations, his family turmoil, his private hours at Monticello, and the lessons he learned during those dark hours as Virginia's governor that would serve him all his life.