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“Most Blessed of the Patriarchs”: Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination

“Most Blessed of the Patriarchs” examines thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination, combining Annette Gordon-Reed & Peter S. Onuf's clear narrative with the perspective of a biographical portrait. The book builds its explanation through key episodes, competing interests, and the setting supplied by the connected fields of biography & autobiography and history. 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.

Publisher: Liveright
Publication date: Apr 04, 2017
Format: Print edition
Pages: 400
ISBN: 9781631492518

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Biography & Autobiography: Presidents & Head of States History: United States – 19th Century History: United States – Revolutionary Period (1775 – 1800)

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