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05/26/2003 Archived Entry: "Thomas Jefferson - American Sphinx?"

Thomas Jefferson - American Sphinx? Joseph J. Ellis authored American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson. TJ did some amazing things aside from being the third president ... I like Publishers Weekly's characterization "Jefferson saw the American Revolution as the opening shot in a global struggle destined to sweep over the world". IT sure looks like the struggle is continuing! I didn't know he wrote Jefferson's Bible; where TJ, using a razor, cut out passages directly attributed to J, and organized them in a temporal flow. "From Ellis we learn that Jefferson sang incessantly under his breath; that he delivered only two public speeches in eight years as president, while spending ten hours a day at his writing desk". TJ is certainly fascinating .... I haven't gotten to the Templar thing yet.

Thomas Jefferson Books:
American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson by Joseph J. Ellis

Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West by Stephen Ambrose


UNDAUNTED COURAGE : MERIWETHER LEWIS THOMAS JEFFERSON AND THE OPENING OF THE AMERICAN WEST by Stephen Ambrose

Thomas Jefferson: (The American Presidents Series) by Joyce Appleby


Jefferson's Great Gamble: The Remarkable Story of Jefferson, Napoleon and the Men Behind the Louisiana Purchase by Charles A. Cerami


Jefferson's Bible by Thomas Jefferson


America Declares Independence by Alan Dershowitz


Thomas Jefferson : The Built Legacy of Our Third President by Howard Hugh


The Adams-Jefferson Letters: The Complete Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson and Abigail and John Adams by Lester J. Cappon


Thomas Jefferson : Writings : Autobiography / Notes on the State of Virginia / Public and Private Papers / Addresses / Letters (Library of America) by Thomas Jefferson


West Point: Character Leadership Education: A Book Developed from the Readings and Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Norman Thomas Remick


American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson by Joseph J. Ellis


What Kind of Nation: Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, and the Epic Struggle to Create a United States by James Simon


Thomas Jefferson's Monticello by William L. Beiswanger


Mr. Jefferson's University by Garry Wills




DVD:

Thomas Jefferson by Ken Burns





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