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American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson

byJoseph Ellis

American Sphinx is Joseph Ellis's biographical portrait of the Character of Thomas Jefferson. Moving between close detail and context, the book explains the forces surrounding its subject and connects them to the wider field of biography & autobiography. Attention to evidence keeps the discussion anchored while allowing disagreement, uncertainty, and unintended consequences to remain visible. Readers finish with a sharper understanding of the subject and why its consequences still deserve attention. The approach makes a specialized subject understandable without stripping away its tensions or ambiguity.

Publisher

Vintage

Publication date

April 7, 1998

Format

Print edition

Pages

440

ISBN

9780679764410