The Resource "Most blessed of the patriarchs" : Thomas Jefferson and the empire of the imagination, Annette Gordon-Reed, Peter S. Onuf
"Most blessed of the patriarchs" : Thomas Jefferson and the empire of the imagination, Annette Gordon-Reed, Peter S. Onuf
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- Summary
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- Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Annette Gordon-Reed teams up with the country's leading Jefferson scholar, Peter S. Onuf, to present an absorbing and revealing character study that finally clarifies the philosophy of Thomas Jefferson. Tracing Jefferson's development and maturation from his youth to his old age, the authors explore what they call the "empire" of Jefferson's imagination--his expansive state of mind born of the intellectual influences and life experiences that led him into public life as a modern avatar of the enlightenment, who often likened himself to an ancient figure--"the most blessed of the patriarchs."
- Jefferson was a man so riven with contradictions that he is almost impossible to know. Gordon-Reed and Onuf dispel the many clicheÌs that have accrued over the years, and trace his philosophical development from youth to old age. In doing so, they challenge much of what we have come to accept about Jefferson, and reintroduce us to a man more gifted than most, but complicated in just the ways we all are
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxv, 370 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction: north and south
- Part I. Patriarch
- Home
- Plantation
- Virginia
- Part II. Traveller
- France
- Looking homeward
- Politics
- Part III. Enthusiast
- Music
- Visitors
- Privacy and prayers
- Epilogue
- Isbn
- 9780871404428
- Label
- "Most blessed of the patriarchs" : Thomas Jefferson and the empire of the imagination
- Title
- "Most blessed of the patriarchs"
- Title remainder
- Thomas Jefferson and the empire of the imagination
- Statement of responsibility
- Annette Gordon-Reed, Peter S. Onuf
- Title variation
- Thomas Jefferson and the empire of the imagination
- Subject
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- truePresidents -- United States
- trueUnited States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1789
- trueUnited States -- History -- 1783-1815
- trueHistory writing -- United States -- Presidency -- 18th century
- truePolitical participation
- trueJefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
- truePolitical values
- trueJefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Political and social views
- trueLife stories -- Politics | Politicians
- trueBiographies
- trueHistory writing -- United States -- Early America
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Annette Gordon-Reed teams up with the country's leading Jefferson scholar, Peter S. Onuf, to present an absorbing and revealing character study that finally clarifies the philosophy of Thomas Jefferson. Tracing Jefferson's development and maturation from his youth to his old age, the authors explore what they call the "empire" of Jefferson's imagination--his expansive state of mind born of the intellectual influences and life experiences that led him into public life as a modern avatar of the enlightenment, who often likened himself to an ancient figure--"the most blessed of the patriarchs."
- Jefferson was a man so riven with contradictions that he is almost impossible to know. Gordon-Reed and Onuf dispel the many clicheÌs that have accrued over the years, and trace his philosophical development from youth to old age. In doing so, they challenge much of what we have come to accept about Jefferson, and reintroduce us to a man more gifted than most, but complicated in just the ways we all are
- Summary
- A noted historian and a leading Jefferson scholar clarify philosophical questions about the Founding Father to trace his youth and development through the inconsistencies attributed to his character and his old age
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10481657
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gordon-Reed, Annette
- Dewey number
- 973.4/6092
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- photographs
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E332.2
- LC item number
- .G669 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Onuf, Peter S
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- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Jefferson, Thomas
- Jefferson, Thomas
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- Thomas Jefferson and the empire of the imagination
- Label
- "Most blessed of the patriarchs" : Thomas Jefferson and the empire of the imagination, Annette Gordon-Reed, Peter S. Onuf
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: north and south -- Part I. Patriarch -- Home -- Plantation -- Virginia -- Part II. Traveller -- France -- Looking homeward -- Politics -- Part III. Enthusiast -- Music -- Visitors -- Privacy and prayers -- Epilogue
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxv, 370 pages
- Isbn
- 9780871404428
- Lccn
- 2016000927
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)909974634
- (OCoLC)ocn909974634
- 495346
- Label
- "Most blessed of the patriarchs" : Thomas Jefferson and the empire of the imagination, Annette Gordon-Reed, Peter S. Onuf
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: north and south -- Part I. Patriarch -- Home -- Plantation -- Virginia -- Part II. Traveller -- France -- Looking homeward -- Politics -- Part III. Enthusiast -- Music -- Visitors -- Privacy and prayers -- Epilogue
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxv, 370 pages
- Isbn
- 9780871404428
- Lccn
- 2016000927
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)909974634
- (OCoLC)ocn909974634
- 495346
Subject
- trueBiographies
- trueHistory writing -- United States -- Early America
- trueHistory writing -- United States -- Presidency -- 18th century
- trueJefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
- trueJefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Political and social views
- trueLife stories -- Politics | Politicians
- truePolitical participation
- truePolitical values
- truePresidents -- United States
- trueUnited States -- History -- 1783-1815
- trueUnited States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1789
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