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Thomas Jefferson: Writings (LOA #17): Autobiography / Notes on the State of Virginia / Public and Private Papers / Addresses / L

Hardback

Main Details

Title Thomas Jefferson: Writings (LOA #17): Autobiography / Notes on the State of Virginia / Public and Private Papers / Addresses / L
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Thomas Jefferson
Edited by Merrill D. Peterson
SeriesLibrary of America Founders Collection
Series part Volume No. 1
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:1600
Dimensions(mm): Height 208,Width 132
Category/GenreColonialism and imperialism
National liberation, independence and post-colonialism
ISBN/Barcode 9780940450165
ClassificationsDewey:973.3
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher The Library of America
Imprint The Library of America
Publication Date 15 August 1984
Publication Country United States

Description

The most comprehensive collection of the Founding Father's famous writings, including drafts of the Declaration of Independence At the moment of our nation's birth, Thomas Jefferson defined the issues that still direct our political life. Displaying his extraordinary variety of interests and powerful and precise style, Jefferson's writings are an invaluable and incisive record of the landscape, inhabitants, life, and daily customs of America in the Revolutionary and early national eras. This book is the most comprehensive one-volume selection of Jefferson ever published. It contains such famous works as "Autobiography" and "Notes on the State of Virginia." A series of addresses, 287 letters, and public and private writings-including the original and revised drafts of the Declaration of Independence-round out the collection, painting not only a portrait of the early days of America but of one of the most influential and controversial figures in our nation's history. LIBRARY OF AMERICAis an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.

Author Biography

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1824) was the drafter of the Declaration of Independence and the third president of the United States. Merrill D. Peterson (1921-2009) was professor of history at the University of Virginia and the author ofThomas Jefferson and the New Nation- A Biography, The Jefferson Image in the American Mind, andLincoln in American Memory.