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In this unique biography of Thomas Jefferson, leading journalist and social critic Christopher Hitchens offers a startlingly new and provocative interpretation of our Founding Father—a man conflicted by power who wrote the Declaration of Independence and acted as ambassador to France yet yearned for a quieter career in the Virginia legislature. A masterly writer, Jefferson was an awkward public speaker. A professed proponent of emancipation, he elided the issue of slavery from the Declaration of Independence and continued to own human property. A reluctant candidate, he left an indelible presidential legacy. With intelligence, insight, eloquence, and wit, Hitchens gives us an artful portrait of a complex, formative figure and his turbulent era.
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Thomas Jefferson, Christopher Hitchens
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- Jaar van publicatie
- 2009
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- Titel
- Thomas Jefferson
- Taal
- Engels
- Auteurs
- Christopher Hitchens
- Uitgever
- Harper Perennial
- Jaar van publicatie
- 2009
- Formaat
- Paperback
- Aantal pagina's
- 188
- ISBN10
- 0060837063
- ISBN13
- 9780060837068
- Reeks
- Tags
- Non-fictie, Sociale Wetenschappen, Historisch thema, Geschiedenis, Waargebeurde verhalen, Biographies, Politicologie & Politiek, Filosofisch thema, Filosofie, Politiek, Biografieën van politici, Geschiedenis van de VS, Presidenten
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- 4 van 5
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- In this unique biography of Thomas Jefferson, leading journalist and social critic Christopher Hitchens offers a startlingly new and provocative interpretation of our Founding Father—a man conflicted by power who wrote the Declaration of Independence and acted as ambassador to France yet yearned for a quieter career in the Virginia legislature. A masterly writer, Jefferson was an awkward public speaker. A professed proponent of emancipation, he elided the issue of slavery from the Declaration of Independence and continued to own human property. A reluctant candidate, he left an indelible presidential legacy. With intelligence, insight, eloquence, and wit, Hitchens gives us an artful portrait of a complex, formative figure and his turbulent era.