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Dear Mr. Jefferson

Author : Laura Simon
Publisher : Delta
ISBN 13 : 9780385333399
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (333 download)

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Download or read book Dear Mr. Jefferson written by Laura Simon and published by Delta. This book was released on 1999-04-13 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "No occupation is so delightful to me as the culure of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden." --Thomas Jefferson An 18th-century statesman, a thoroughly modern gardener, a slightly one-sided correspondence on seeds, soil and the art of living... For years, novelist Laura Simon had been building a garden around her Nantucket home, nurturing onions from wispy, pungent seedlings, spreading manure in early spring, harvesting in fall. And with the passage of time, she longed for a correspondent with whom to exchange reflections on seeds and soil, to share her stories and her passion for gardening. Unable to find such a person, Ms. Simon turned to the works of the eighteenth-century statesman and avid horticulturist Thomas Jefferson. Thus began an only slightly one-sided correspondence between Ms. Simon and the Monticello gardener himself. Interweaving her own observations about past and present with selected passages from Jefferson's writings, Simon has crafted a true epistolary adventure, filled with history and humor, a literate guide to gardening--and living a well-cultivated life.

Dear Mr. Jefferson

Author : Laura Simon
Publisher : Delta
ISBN 13 : 9780385333399
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (333 download)

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Thomas Jefferson

Author : Jennifer Armstrong
Publisher : Winslowhouse International
ISBN 13 : 9781890817305
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Thomas Jefferson written by Jennifer Armstrong and published by Winslowhouse International. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An educated, inquisitive young girl in Philadelphia corresponds with President Thomas Jefferson about current events, including the Lewis and Clark expedition, new inventions, and life at Monticello.

Mr. Jefferson and the Giant Moose

Author : Lee Alan Dugatkin
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226169197
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Mr. Jefferson and the Giant Moose written by Lee Alan Dugatkin and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2009-10-15 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the years after the Revolutionary War, the fledgling republic of America was viewed by many Europeans as a degenerate backwater, populated by subspecies weak and feeble. Chief among these naysayers was the French Count and world-renowned naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon, who wrote that the flora and fauna of America (humans included) were inferior to European specimens. Thomas Jefferson—author of the Declaration of Independence, U.S. president, and ardent naturalist—spent years countering the French conception of American degeneracy. His Notes on Virginia systematically and scientifically dismantled Buffon’s case through a series of tables and equally compelling writing on the nature of his home state. But the book did little to counter the arrogance of the French and hardly satisfied Jefferson’s quest to demonstrate that his young nation was every bit the equal of a well-established Europe. Enter the giant moose. The American moose, which Jefferson claimed was so enormous a European reindeer could walk under it, became the cornerstone of his defense. Convinced that the sight of such a magnificent beast would cause Buffon to revise his claims, Jefferson had the remains of a seven-foot ungulate shipped first class from New Hampshire to Paris. Unfortunately, Buffon died before he could make any revisions to his Histoire Naturelle, but the legend of the moose makes for a fascinating tale about Jefferson’s passion to prove that American nature deserved prestige. In Mr. Jefferson and the Giant Moose, Lee Alan Dugatkin vividly recreates the origin and evolution of the debates about natural history in America and, in so doing, returns the prize moose to its rightful place in American history.

Dr. Kimball and Mr. Jefferson

Author : Hugh Howard
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1608196607
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Dr. Kimball and Mr. Jefferson written by Hugh Howard and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-01-15 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yes, they make rather an odd couple-but, truly, Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) and Fiske Kimball (1888-1955) are the Johnson and Boswell of the story of American architecture. If not for Dr. Fiske Kimball, we might never have known that Thomas Jefferson was an architect. Though he was hailed as a brilliant statesman, Jefferson was all but unknown as an artist and an architect for nearly a century. But Kimball, an industrious scholar with a keen eye, made a series of critical discoveries that changed not just the image of Jefferson, but also rewrote the story of American architecture, introducing its first real practitioner. Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Charles Bulfinch, William Thornton, Robert Mills-Kimball identified the key figures who together with Jefferson transformed the craft of building into the art of architecture, at the same time setting the aesthetic tone for a young country still struggling to define itself. Part detective story, part narrative history, Dr. Kimball and Mr. Jefferson recreates the stories of these visionary men through the lens of the amazing Fiske Kimball, who, in resurrecting their legacy, helped found the twin disciplines of historic preservation and architectural history. Hugh Howard's books include the definitive Thomas Jefferson, Architect; his memoir House-Dreams; the essay collection The Preservationist's Progress; and an introduction to the architecture of Williamsburg, Colonial Houses. He lives in upstate New York with his wife and their two teenage daughters.

Dear Mr. Jefferson

Author : Chidem Kurdas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781794106659
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (66 download)

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Download or read book Dear Mr. Jefferson written by Chidem Kurdas and published by . This book was released on 2019-01-16 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year is 1816. A young Englishman prepares to immigrate to the United States. A relative doubts the wisdom of the move. She writes to Thomas Jefferson and asks: Will it make him happy? The retired president is drawn into a correspondence that tracks the young man's adventures in America. There is a foreign agent, political intrigue, a fraught election, romance and a rich cast of historical figures on both sides of the Atlantic. As they observe the trajectory of people's lives and that of the young country, Jefferson and his pen pal argue about the pursuit of happiness. This is the second of the Binnford Trilogy novels based on American history. The first is "Adams: Letters to Hamilton."AUTHOR: Chidem Kurdas worked as journalist and taught economics to college students. Her previous books include "Seven Reasons to Love the Constitution" and "Ponzi Regulation." Follow her Twitter parody account Jennifer Kerfuffle @FauxTimesNews1 COVER ART: Medallion portrait of Thomas Jefferson by Gilbert Stuart, 1805. Copy via Wikipedia Commons. Original in Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums. Edited and tinted by author.

Mr. Jefferson's University

Author : Virginius Dabney
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813912134
Total Pages : 664 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book Mr. Jefferson's University written by Virginius Dabney and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 1988-11-01 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Mr. Jefferson

Author : Albert Jay Nock
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (133 download)

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Download or read book Mr. Jefferson written by Albert Jay Nock and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Thomas Jefferson's Feast

Author : Frank Murphy
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0385372787
Total Pages : 49 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (853 download)

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Download or read book Thomas Jefferson's Feast written by Frank Murphy and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2013-02-12 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether they're preparing for President's Day or whether they just like to eat, children will find much to devour in this leveled reader about Thomas Jefferson's role in America's culinary history! Did you know that every time you munch on a french fry or snack on ice cream, you have Thomas Jefferson to thank? It’s true! This founding father was one of America’s first foodies. After a visit to France, he introduced all sorts of yummy treats to America—including one that upset more than just tummies and created a culinary controversy! Get the scoop in this deliciously funny, true story—guaranteed to tempt even the most reluctant readers!

Dear Mr. President

Author : Jennifer Armstrong
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780874999891
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book Dear Mr. President written by Jennifer Armstrong and published by . This book was released on 2001-09-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fictionalized letters between a 12-year-old girl living in Philadelphia and President Jefferson present their respective lives and explore the issues and events of the early 1800s

Long Journey with Mr. Jefferson

Author : William G. Hyland (Jr.)
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1612341985
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (123 download)

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Download or read book Long Journey with Mr. Jefferson written by William G. Hyland (Jr.) and published by Potomac Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2013 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fascinating life and work of a preeminent presidential biographer

Inventing a Nation

Author : Gore Vidal
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300127928
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Inventing a Nation written by Gore Vidal and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This New York Times bestseller offers “an unblinking view of our national heroes by one who cherishes them, warts and all” (New York Review of Books). In Inventing a Nation, National Book Award winner Gore Vidal transports the reader into the minds, the living rooms (and bedrooms), the convention halls, and the salons of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and others. We come to know these men, through Vidal’s splendid prose, in ways we have not up to now—their opinions of each other, their worries about money, their concerns about creating a viable democracy. Vidal brings them to life at the key moments of decision in the birthing of our nation. He also illuminates the force and weight of the documents they wrote, the speeches they delivered, and the institutions of government by which we still live. More than two centuries later, America is still largely governed by the ideas championed by this triumvirate. The author of Burr and Lincoln, one of the master stylists of American literature and most acute observers of American life, turns his immense literary and historiographic talent to a portrait of these formidable men

Thomas Jefferson and the New Nation

Author : Merrill D. Peterson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199840520
Total Pages : 1106 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book Thomas Jefferson and the New Nation written by Merrill D. Peterson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1986-09-11 with total page 1106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive life of Jefferson in one volume, this biography relates Jefferson's private life and thought to his prominent public position and reveals the rich complexity of his development. As Peterson explores the dominant themes guiding Jefferson's career--democracy, nationality, and enlightenment--and Jefferson's powerful role in shaping America, he simultaneously tells the story of nation coming into being.

To Hell with the Hustle

Author : Jefferson Bethke
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
ISBN 13 : 0718039211
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book To Hell with the Hustle written by Jefferson Bethke and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a society where hustle is the expectation, busyness is the norm, and constant information is king, we've forgotten the fundamentals that make us human, anchor our lives, and provide meaning. Jefferson Bethke, New York Times bestselling author and popular YouTuber, has lived the hustle and knows we must stop doing and start becoming. Our culture makes constant demands of us: Do more. Accomplish more. Buy more. Post more. Be more. In following these demands, we have indeed become more: More anxious. More tired. More hurt. More depressed. More frantic. But it doesn't have to be that way. To Hell with the Hustle is your wake-up call to slow down and reclaim your life in an overworked, overspent, and overconnected world. If you're feeling overwhelmed with the demands of work, family and community or if you're tired of being anxious, lonely, and burned out, To Hell with the Hustle will give you the tools you need to: Proactively set boundaries in your life Get comfortable with obscurity Find the best way to push back against the demands of contemporary life Discover the importance of embracing silence and solitude Handle the stressors that life throws at us Join Bethke as he discovers that the very things the world teaches us to avoid at all costs--silence, obscurity, solitude, and vulnerability--are the very things that can give us the meaning, the peace, and the richness we're truly seeking. Praise for To Hell with the Hustle: "Ever feel like you need to work harder, put in more time to get ahead, or do everything in your power to be the best? That's the hustle. It can push you to places you don’t want to go, and I've gone there more than I care to admit. In his latest book, To Hell with the Hustle, Jefferson Bethke will help you understand why the hustle can seem so alluring, show you how to avoid the traps it's created in our culture, and find true joy chasing after Christ instead." --Craig Groeschel, pastor of Life. Church and New York Times bestselling author

The Adams-Jefferson Letters

Author : John Adams
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 734 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Adams-Jefferson Letters written by John Adams and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 1971 with total page 734 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Jefferson's Sons

Author : Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101529458
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Jefferson's Sons written by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-09-15 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This story of Thomas Jefferson's children by one of his slaves, Sally Hemings, tells a darker piece of America's history from an often unseen perspective-that of three of Jefferson's slaves-including two of his own children. As each child grows up and tells his story, the contradiction between slavery and freedom becomes starker, calliing into question the real meaning of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." This poignant story sheds light on what life was like as one of Jefferson's invisible offspring.

Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings

Author : Annette Gordon-Reed
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
ISBN 13 : 0813933560
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (139 download)

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Download or read book Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings written by Annette Gordon-Reed and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 1998-03-29 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Annette Gordon-Reed's groundbreaking study was first published, rumors of Thomas Jefferson's sexual involvement with his slave Sally Hemings had circulated for two centuries. Among all aspects of Jefferson's renowned life, it was perhaps the most hotly contested topic. The publication of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings intensified this debate by identifying glaring inconsistencies in many noted scholars' evaluations of the existing evidence. In this study, Gordon-Reed assembles a fascinating and convincing argument: not that the alleged thirty-eight-year liaison necessarily took place but rather that the evidence for its taking place has been denied a fair hearing. Friends of Jefferson sought to debunk the Hemings story as early as 1800, and most subsequent historians and biographers followed suit, finding the affair unthinkable based upon their view of Jefferson's life, character, and beliefs. Gordon-Reed responds to these critics by pointing out numerous errors and prejudices in their writings, ranging from inaccurate citations, to impossible time lines, to virtual exclusions of evidence—especially evidence concerning the Hemings family. She demonstrates how these scholars may have been misguided by their own biases and may even have tailored evidence to serve and preserve their opinions of Jefferson. This updated edition of the book also includes an afterword in which the author comments on the DNA study that provided further evidence of a Jefferson and Hemings liaison.00 Possessing both a layperson's unfettered curiosity and a lawyer's logical mind, Annette Gordon-Reed writes with a style and compassion that are irresistible. Each chapter revolves around a key figure in the Hemings drama, and the resulting portraits are engrossing and very personal. Gordon-Reed also brings a keen intuitive sense of the psychological complexities of human relationships—relationships that, in the real world, often develop regardless of status or race. The most compelling element of all, however, is her extensive and careful research, which often allows the evidence to speak for itself. Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy is the definitive look at a centuries-old question that should fascinate general readers and historians alike.