Description
"A balanced, readable portrait. A refreshing perspective." --New York Times Book Review
With intelligence, insight, eloquence, and wit, bestselling author Christopher Hitchens gives us an artful portrait of a complex, formative figure in American history and his turbulent era.
In this unique biography of Thomas Jefferson, leading journalist and social critic Christopher Hitchens offers a startlingly new and provocative interpretation of our Founding Father--a man conflicted by power who wrote the Declaration of Independence and acted as ambassador to France yet yearned for a quieter career in the Virginia legislature. A masterly writer, Jefferson was an awkward public speaker. A professed proponent of emancipation, he elided the issue of slavery from the Declaration of Independence and continued to own human property. A reluctant candidate, he left an indelible presidential legacy.
Author: Christopher Hitchens
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 05/05/2009
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 7.88h x 5.50w x 0.51d
ISBN13: 9780060837068
ISBN10: 0060837063
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Presidents & Heads of State
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- Biography & Autobiography | Political