Jefferson Himself
Subtitle: The Personal Narrative of a Many-Sided American
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: June 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780813903101
Subjects: Biography: general; General; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography
First sentence: LIKE many another American, Thomas Jefferson was fond of saying that a family coat of arms may be purchased as cheaply as any other coat, and there is a touch of New World insouciance in his remark that his mother's Randolph family traced its pedigree far back in England and Scotland, 'to which let everyone ascribe the faith and merit he chooses.'