Photographs, drawings, and simple text profile the life of American patriot and president, Thomas Jefferson; and chronicles his childhood, education, inventions, and achievements which includes the Louisiana Purchase.
Space travelers from Planetoid Roma have returned to Earth in 1775 to recover one of their diplomats that was lost in an earlier mission, but first, they must convince the diplomat, Thomas Jefferson, to leave his new home.
Focuses on the time Jefferson served as the second governor of Virginia, when the invading British army forced him and the state legislature to flee westward to avoid capture, and explores the influence this experience had on his political thought and the nature of the presidency.
a lost letter, a remarkable discovery, and the first amendment in an age of terrorism
Dershowitz, Alan M
2008
Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz describes his love of collecting and his remarkable find at a flea market of an 1801 letter written by Thomas Jefferson that reveals Jefferson's views on freedom of speech.
Draws from the writings of Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, to provide information about his life and thought, and features a selection of Jefferson quotations.
A compilation of travel writings by president and statesman Thomas Jefferson that describes his journeys throughout the eastern United States and Europe, drawing on journals, personal correspondence, and other writings.
A biography of Thomas Jefferson, focusing on his engagement with books as a reader and writer, identifying texts that influenced his spiritual and intellectual development, and discussing his lifelong quest for knowledge.
Thomas Jefferson, Lewis & Clark, and Manifest Destiny
Miller, Robert J
2006
Presents a comprehensive history of how Thomas Jefferson's ideas of westward expansion led to America's legal basis for claiming the Pacific Northwest, the removal of native peoples from their land, and the adoption of his Doctrine of Discovery into American law.
America's first black poet and her encounters with the founding fathers
Gates, Henry Louis
2003
Explores the roles of Phillis Wheatley and Thomas Jefferson in shaping African-American literary tradition, discussing how Phillis gained acceptance and freedom by being the first person of African descent to publish a book of poems in the English language in 1773. Discusses the effects of Jefferson's harsh criticism of the poet and her race.
