Jefferson : architect of American liberty / John B. Boles.

Boles, John B., author.

Book

New York : Basic Books, [2017]

xi, 626 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Once seen as the most influential American champion of liberty and democracy, Jefferson is now remembered largely for his relationship with his slave Sally Hemings, and for electing not to free her or most of the other people he owned. In this magisterial biography, the eminent scholar John B. Boles does not ignore the aspects of Jefferson that trouble us today, but strives to see him in full, and to undertstand him amid the sweeping upheaval of his times. We follow Jefferson from his early success as an abnormally precocious student and lawyer in colonial Virginia through his drafting of the Declaration of Independence at age 33, his travels in Europe on the eve of the French Revolution, his acidic personal battles with Hamilton, his triumphant ascent to the presidency in 1801, his prodigious efforts to found the University of Virginia, and beyond.

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.

Presidents -- United States -- Biography.

Revolutionaries -- United States -- Biography.

United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783.

United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1809.

Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783.

Biographies.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 523-594) and index.

9780465094684

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