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American Sphinx

The Character of Thomas Jefferson

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New York
Kiadó: Vintage Books
Kiadás helye: New York
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Kötés típusa: Ragasztott papírkötés
Oldalszám: 440 oldal
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Nyelv: Angol  
Méret: 20 cm x 13 cm
ISBN: 0-679-76441-0
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"This elegant book on Jefferson sets a standard—history at its best."
— Chicago Tribune Editor's Choice
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d. homas Jefferson may be the most important American president; he is certainly .the most elusive. He has, at different times, been claimed by Southern secessionists and Northern abolitionists. New Deal liberals and neo-conservatives. Now the historian Joseph J. Ellis restores our most enigmatic national icon to human dimensions, with insight, sympathy, and superb style.
Following his subject from the drafting of the Declaration of Independence to his retirement in Monticello, EUis unravels the contradictions of the Jeffersonian character. He gives us the slaveholding libertarian; the enemy of government power who exercised it audaciously as president; the visionary who remained curiously blind to the inconsistencies in his nature. American Sphinx is a marvel of scholarship, a delight to read, anil an essential gloss on the Jeffersonian legacy.
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"This elegant book on Jefferson sets a standard—history at its best."
— Chicago Tribune Editor's Choice
T
d. homas Jefferson may be the most important American president; he is certainly .the most elusive. He has, at different times, been claimed by Southern secessionists and Northern abolitionists. New Deal liberals and neo-conservatives. Now the historian Joseph J. Ellis restores our most enigmatic national icon to human dimensions, with insight, sympathy, and superb style.
Following his subject from the drafting of the Declaration of Independence to his retirement in Monticello, EUis unravels the contradictions of the Jeffersonian character. He gives us the slaveholding libertarian; the enemy of government power who exercised it audaciously as president; the visionary who remained curiously blind to the inconsistencies in his nature. American Sphinx is a marvel of scholarship, a delight to read, anil an essential gloss on the Jeffersonian legacy.
"A brilliant, unconventional look at Jefferson . . . beautifully wr cogendy argued, fiill of both zealous scholarship and lively imagination. \
—Cleveland Plain Deaier
"Magnificent Ellis has a Jeffersonian gift for language." —Newsweek
"Lively and provocative first-rate." —David McCullough Vissza

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