Jefferson's Books
Contributors: Daniel J. Boorstin (Preface)
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: December 2, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 60
ISBN-13: 9781882886036
Subjects: American history: c 1500 to c 1800; American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Literature: History & Criticism; Political leaders & leadership; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; History - U.S.; Catalogs; Rare books; History; Library & Information Science; History: American; USA; Presidents & Heads of State; United States - Revolutionary War; History / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800); Jefferson, Thomas; Bibliography; Private libraries; Virginia; 1743-1826; Early printed books; Jefferson, Thomas,; Library
First sentence: When news reached Thomas Jefferson in September 1814 that the invading British army had burned the Capitol building in Washington and destroyed the congressional library, he made a momentous decision.