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Book Synopsis Jefferson's Godfather, the Man Behind the Man by : Suzanne Harman Munson
Download or read book Jefferson's Godfather, the Man Behind the Man written by Suzanne Harman Munson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-03-02 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[Suzanne Munson's] biography details for the first time Wythe's thinking behind the achievements that Jefferson listed as his most important lifetime accomplishments."--Adapted from back cover.
Download or read book I Am Murdered written by Bruce Chadwick and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A good story, well told, of a sliver of life in Richmond, a small, elite-driven capital city in the young nation's most influential state." —Publishers Weekly George Wythe clung to the mahogany banister as he inched down the staircase of his comfortable Richmond, Virginia, home. Doubled over in agony, he stumbled to the kitchen in search of help. There he found his maid, Lydia Broadnax, and his young protegé, Michael Brown, who were also writhing in distress. Hours later, when help arrived, Wythe was quick to tell anyone who would listen, "I am murdered." Over the next two weeks, as Wythe suffered a long and painful death, insults would be added to his mortal injury. I Am Murdered tells the bizarre true story of Wythe's death and the subsequent trial of his grandnephew and namesake, George Wythe Sweeney, for the crime—unquestionably the most sensational and talked-about court case of the era. Hinging on hit-and-miss forensics, the unreliability of medical autopsies, the prevalence of poisoning, race relations, slavery, and the law, Sweeney's trial serves as a window into early nineteenth-century America. Its particular focus is on Richmond, part elegant state capital and part chaotic boomtown riddled with vice, opportunism, and crime. As Wythe lay dying, his doctors insisted that he had not been poisoned, and Sweeney had the nerve to beg him for bail money. In I Am Murdered, this signer of the Declaration of Independence, mentor to Thomas Jefferson, and "Father of American Jurisprudence" finally gets the justice he deserved.
Book Synopsis The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 20 by : Thomas Jefferson
Download or read book The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 20 written by Thomas Jefferson and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 801 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume documents exhaustively for the first time Edmond Charles Genet's dramatic challenges to American neutrality and Jefferson's diplomatic and political responses. After welcoming Genet's arrival as the harbinger of closer relations between the American and French republics, Jefferson becomes increasingly distressed by the French minister's defiance of the Washington administration's ban on the outfitting of French privateers in American ports, the enlistment of American citizens in French service, and the exercise of admiralty jurisdiction by French consuls in American ports. Although the Supreme Court declines to advise the executive branch on neutrality questions that Jefferson prepares with the President and the Cabinet, he helps to formulate a set of neutrality rules to meet Genet's challenge.Unable to convince the impetuous French envoy to adopt a more moderate course, Jefferson works in the Cabinet to bring about Genet's recall so as to preserve friendly relations with France and minimize political damage to the Republican party, in which he takes a more active role to prevent the Federalists from capitalizing on Genet's defiance of the President. Grappling with the threat of war with Spain, Jefferson involves himself equivocally in a diplomatically explosive plan by Genet to liberate Louisiana from Spanish rule. In this volume Jefferson also plays a decisive role in resolving a dispute over the design of the Capitol and plans agricultural improvements at Monticello in preparation for his retirement to private life.
Book Synopsis Jefferson's Road: God And Country by : Michael J. Scott
Download or read book Jefferson's Road: God And Country written by Michael J. Scott and published by Michael J. Scott. This book was released on 2013-12-04 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abandoned in Detroit, Peter Baird finds himself in a city no longer recognizably American. Armed thugs roam the streets while the citizens suffer beneath an evil caliph who has taken over and rules the city according to Shariah law. He is soon captured by the caliph’s forces and is given a choice: convert or die. Horrified by the murderous oppression of women and religious minorities, Peter engineers his escape and begins a resistance movement. Can Peter convince the citizens of this besieged city to reclaim their rightful inheritance? Or will the leaders of the new religion hold greater sway?
Book Synopsis A Young Man’s Manual to a Successful life by : JPAUL HERNANDEZ
Download or read book A Young Man’s Manual to a Successful life written by JPAUL HERNANDEZ and published by Shepherds Voice Publications, Inc.. This book was released on with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Classic Movie Fight Scenes by : Gene Freese
Download or read book Classic Movie Fight Scenes written by Gene Freese and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-09-11 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Both brawls and elaborate martial arts have kept movie audiences on the edges of their seats since cinema began. But the filming of fight scenes has changed significantly through the years--mainly for the safety of the combatants--from improvised scuffles in the Silent Era to exquisitely choreographed and edited sequences involving actors, stuntmen and technical experts. Camera angles prevented many a broken nose. Examining more than 300 films--from The Spoilers (1914) to Road House (1989)--the author provides behind-the-scenes details on memorable melees starring such iconic tough-guys as John Wayne, Randolph Scott, Robert Mitchum, Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson, Clint Eastwood, Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris and Jackie Chan.
Book Synopsis George Wythe of Williamsburg by : Joyce Blackburn
Download or read book George Wythe of Williamsburg written by Joyce Blackburn and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1975 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Lost World of Thomas Jefferson by : Daniel J. Boorstin
Download or read book The Lost World of Thomas Jefferson written by Daniel J. Boorstin and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1993-08-15 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this classic work by one of America's most widely read historians, Daniel J. Boorstin demonstrates why and how, on the 250th anniversary of his birth, Thomas Jefferson continues to speak to us.
Book Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to Thomas Jefferson by : Frank Shuffelton
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Thomas Jefferson written by Frank Shuffelton and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-01-22 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Companion forms an accessible introduction to the life and work of Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States and author of the Declaration of Independence. Essays explore Jefferson's political thought, his policies towards Native Americans, his attitude to race and slavery, as well as his interests in science, architecture, religion and education. Contributors include leading literary scholars and historians; the essays offer up to date overviews of his many interests, his friendships and his legacy. Together, they reveal his importance in the cultural and political life of early America. At the same time these original essays speak to abiding modern concerns about American culture and Jefferson's place in it. This Companion will be essential reading for students and scholars of Jefferson, and is designed for use by students of American literature and American history.
Book Synopsis Jefferson's Extracts from the Gospels by : Dickinson W. Adams
Download or read book Jefferson's Extracts from the Gospels written by Dickinson W. Adams and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is an important clarification of the controversial religious beliefs of one of our most unorthodox but ethically committed presidents. Printed here are the facsimile texts of Jefferson's two compilations of Jesus' words. Originally published in 1983. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Book Synopsis The Jefferson Bible by : Peter Manseau
Download or read book The Jefferson Bible written by Peter Manseau and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-09-29 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life and times of a uniquely American testament In his retirement, Thomas Jefferson edited the New Testament with a penknife and glue, removing all mention of miracles and other supernatural events. Inspired by the ideals of the Enlightenment, Jefferson hoped to reconcile Christian tradition with reason by presenting Jesus of Nazareth as a great moral teacher—not a divine one. Peter Manseau tells the story of the Jefferson Bible, exploring how each new generation has reimagined the book in its own image as readers grapple with both the legacy of the man who made it and the place of religion in American life. Completed in 1820 and rediscovered by chance in the late nineteenth century after being lost for decades, Jefferson's cut-and-paste scripture has meant different things to different people. Some have held it up as evidence that America is a Christian nation founded on the lessons of the Gospels. Others see it as proof of the Founders' intent to root out the stubborn influence of faith. Manseau explains Jefferson's personal religion and philosophy, shedding light on the influences and ideas that inspired him to radically revise the Gospels. He situates the creation of the Jefferson Bible within the broader search for the historical Jesus, and examines the book's role in American religious disputes over the interpretation of scripture. Manseau describes the intrigue surrounding the loss and rediscovery of the Jefferson Bible, and traces its remarkable reception history from its first planned printing in 1904 for members of Congress to its persistent power to provoke and enlighten us today.
Book Synopsis A Lesson Before Dying by : Ernest J. Gaines
Download or read book A Lesson Before Dying written by Ernest J. Gaines and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2004-01-20 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • A deep and compassionate novel about a young man who returns to 1940s Cajun country to visit a Black youth on death row for a crime he didn't commit. Together they come to understand the heroism of resisting. "An instant classic." —Chicago Tribune A “majestic, moving novel...an instant classic, a book that will be read, discussed and taught beyond the rest of our lives" (Chicago Tribune), from the critically acclaimed author of A Gathering of Old Men and The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. "A Lesson Before Dying reconfirms Ernest J. Gaines's position as an important American writer." —Boston Globe "Enormously moving.... Gaines unerringly evokes the place and time about which he writes." —Los Angeles Times “A quietly moving novel [that] takes us back to a place we've been before to impart a lesson for living.” —San Francisco Chronicle
Book Synopsis Long journey with Mr. Jefferson by : William G. Hyland, Jr.
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 2013-01-31 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The magisterial collaboration over half a lifetime between historian Dumas Malone and his subject, Thomas Jefferson, is the basis for William G. Hyland Jr.'s compelling Long Journey with Mr. Jefferson. Malone, the courtly and genteel historian from Mississippi, spent thirty-eight years researching and writing the definitive biography of the man who invented the United States of America. Hyland provides a surprising portrait of the man many consider America's greatest historian, recording in detail Malone's struggle to finish his towering six-volume work on Jefferson through excruciating pain and then blindness at the age of eighty-three. Hyland includes Malone's previously unpublished correspondence with such notables as John F. Kennedy, Harry S. Truman, George H. W. Bush, Felix Frankfurter, and Fawn Brodie. Readers are treated to an exclusive look at private family documents and Malone's unfinished memoir, which reflects on history, social commentary, and his life's accomplishments. Offering much more than most biographies, this book imparts extensive insight into Malone's earlier years in Mississippi and Georgia, and how they shaped his character. Through interviews with Malone's intimates, family members, rivals, and subordinates, Hyland generates a true portrait of the man behind the intellect and the myth.
Book Synopsis Maria Cosway: Thomas Jefferson's Femme Fatale or Failed Miniaturist Artist? by : Monticello West
Download or read book Maria Cosway: Thomas Jefferson's Femme Fatale or Failed Miniaturist Artist? written by Monticello West and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-02-28 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maria Cosway, Italian born artist who captured the heart of American Minister to France, Thomas Jefferson in 1786 while he was abroad. Mrs. Cosway was a well known miniaturist painter married to Richard Cosway (also a famous miniaturist). This Modern Lulu First Edition is an artists catalog of both the works of Maria Cosway and her foppish husband Richard. To understand Thomas Jefferson you only have to read his 'Head & Heart' letter he wrote to Mrs. Cosway and the picture (in miniature of course) comes clear.
Download or read book Union 1812 written by A. J. Langguth and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2006 with total page 499 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sample Text
Book Synopsis Slavery and the Founders by : Paul Finkelman
Download or read book Slavery and the Founders written by Paul Finkelman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-09 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Slavery and the Founders, Paul Finkelman addresses a central issue of the American founding: how the first generation of leaders of the United States dealt with the profoundly important question of human bondage. The book explores the tension between the professed idea of America as stated in the Declaration of Independence, and the reality of the early American republic, reminding us of the profound and disturbing ways that slavery affected the U.S. Constitution and early American politics. It also offers the most important and detailed short critique of Thomas Jefferson's relationship to slavery available, while at the same time contrasting his relationship to slavery with that of other founders. This third edition of Slavery and the Founders incorporates a new chapter on the regulation and eventual (1808) banning of the African slave trade.
Book Synopsis The Navy’s Godfather: John Rodgers by : Eileen F. Lebow
Download or read book The Navy’s Godfather: John Rodgers written by Eileen F. Lebow and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-08-17 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paperback: A great naval victory always eluded John Rodgers, but he emerges in this account by Eileen Lebow as perhaps one of the most important persons in the establishment of the early navy.
