Jefferson and the Ordeal of Liberty (Jefferson & His Time (University of Virginia Press))
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: April 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 545
ISBN-13: 9780813923635
Subjects: Historical - U.S.; Presidents & Heads of State; Biography / Autobiography
First sentence: AT THE beginning of the year 1793, when he was approaching fifty, Thomas Jefferson was living in the house on the south side of High Street, often called Market, that he had occupied since his first weeks in Philadelphia as secretary of state, though he had told his landlord that he would vacate it before spring.