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Información de la obraJefferson: A Great American's Life and Ideas por Saul K. Padover
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. While old, this is an excellent introduction to Jefferson. Chapters are arranged by his governmental responsibilities..govenor, ambassador, Secretary of State. There are excellent bridge sentences that tell exactly where he was (often traveling) and who his companrions were. There is a simple several sentence explanation of how he came to oppose Hamilton. He often seemed reluctant to undertake major responsibilities, submitting to the call, not aspiring to the job. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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An abridged version of the classic biography of the U.S. President Thomas Jefferson. This is a stirring portrait of an extraordinary American--Thomas Jefferson--third President of the United States, architect of freedom and democracy. He began his remarkable career as a lawyer, served in the Virginia House of Delegates and subsequently became Governor of Virginia, Ambassador to France, Secretary of State, and President. He wrote his own epitaph, because he hoped to be remembered for three of his contributions to the American nation--author of the Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom--and Father of the University of Virginia. Yet, curiously enough, most of Jefferson's life was a struggle between his desire for a quiet, scholarly life on his plantation at Monticello and the sacrifices he had to make in order to serve his county. Here, Professor Samuel K. Padover deftly reveals the personality of Jefferson, the devoted husbabnd and father, the farmer and philosopher, as well as the crises and achievements of his brilliant career as a statesman, in this absorbing, highly readable book. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Given that it was written in the early 1950s, I was curious about how the author would deal with slavery. It's of course discussed, but certainly not to the degree that most of today's books are.
Still, given my knowledge of our third president, I feel like this is a well written biography about one of America's greatest Founder. ( )