Thomas Jefferson
Subtitle: Author of America (Eminent Lives)
Publisher: Eminent Lives
Published: May 31, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780060598969
Subjects: Presidents & Heads of State; United States - State & Local - General; Jefferson, Thomas,; Biography / Autobiography; Biography & Autobiography; United States - 19th Century; Biography/Autobiography; United States; Presidents; Historical - U.S.; Biography & Autobiography / Presidents; 1743-1826; Biography
First sentence: BORN ON APRIL 13, 1743 (April 2 until the adoption of the Gregorian calendar in 1758), Thomas Jefferson was the offspring of stable planter stock in the native aristocracy of Virginia.