1743-1826

"The story of President Thomas Jefferson's quest to locate and assemble the first full mastodon skeleton in American history"--Provided by publisher.

"The story of President Thomas Jefferson's quest to locate and assemble the first full mastodon skeleton in American history"--Provided by the publisher.

Examines the life and times of the multifaceted man who wrote the Declaration of Independence and later became the third president of the United States.

". . . Thomas Jefferson shares center stage with his family and fellow planters, all dependent on the labor of enslaved black families. With a declining Virginia yielding to commercially vibrant northern states, Jefferson in 1819 proposed to build a university to educate and improve the sons of the planter elite. They, he hoped, might one day lead a revitalized Virginia free of slavery--and free of the former slaves. Jefferson's campaign to build the university was a contest for the future of a state and the larger nation. Although he prevails, Jefferson's vision of reform through education is hobbled by the actions of genteel students whose defiant sense of honor derived from owning slaves. It is the women of this hypermasculine society--particularly Jefferson's granddaughters--who redeem the best elements of his legacy"--.

Gives us Jefferson the man, the politician, and the president, a great and complex Founder whose understanding of power and of human nature enabled him to move men and marshal ideas, to learn from his mistakes and to prevail.

Presents an adaptation of Jon Meacham's "Thomas Jefferson" which looks at the life and career of President Thomas Jefferson, covering his childhood, family, role in the founding of the United States, Monticello, the creation of the University of Virginia, later life and death.

Jefferson's struggles and successes. Graphic novel.

An easy-to-read biography of the third president with emphasis on the creation of the Declaration of Independence.

A biography of third U.S. President Thomas Jefferson, covering his childhood in Virginia, two terms in office, role in the development of the Declaration of Independence, and more, with over one hundred photographs and illustrations.

Chronicles the lives of all three of Thomas Jefferson's daughters, Martha and Maria by his wife, and Harriet by his slave and lover, Sally Hemings. Each of the three daughters led drastically different lives, and while Martha and Maria each had a Parisian education and returned quite jaded over the laws and customs of America, Harriet escaped slavery and left Monticello behind to shape her own destiny. Examines the legacy of these women using DNA evidence and recently discovered letters and correspondence and shows another side of the controversial Founding Father set against the backdrop of the American Revolution.