In Pursuit of Reason
Subtitle: The Life of Thomas Jefferson
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: May 12, 1988
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 414
ISBN-13: 9780345353801
Subjects: Biography: general; Presidents; Biography/Autobiography; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; United States - Colonial Period; USA; Presidents & Heads of State; Biography & Autobiography / Presidents; 1743-1826; Biography; Jefferson, Thomas,; Politics and government; Revolution, 1775-1783; United States
First sentence: Shadwell, a modest frame house built in a red-clay clearing, stood on the western fringes of settlement in the colony of Virginia.
Description: The authoritative single-volume biography of Thomas Jefferson, perhaps the most significant figure in American history. He was a complex and compelling man: a fervent advocate of democracy who enjoyed the life of a southern aristocrat and owned slaves, a revolutionary who became president, a believer in states' rights who did much to further the power of the federal government. Drawing on the recent explosion of Jeffersonian scholarship and fresh readings of original sources, IN PURSUIT OF REASON is a monument to Jefferson that will endure for generations.