The Mind of a Patriot: Patrick Henry and the World of Ideas
"No previous work has seriously examined Henry's library and the role it played in Henry's life. Hayes's book stands alone.(John P. Kaminski, University of Wisconsin, Madison, editor of The Quotable Jefferson)No one is better qualified to explore [Patrick] Henry's mind than Hayes, author of the magnificent literary biography of Jefferson, "The Road to Monticello: The Life and Mind of Thomas Jefferson" (2008)...Hayes's superb little book deserves to be widely read--indeed, to be internalized--for the critical lessons it teaches us about literacy, orality, and political performance in Revolutionary America.(Peter S. OnufBiography)