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Thomas Jefferson: Selected Writings: A Library of America Paperback Classic
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Thomas Jefferson: Selected Writings: A Library of America Paperback Classic
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Thomas Jefferson
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Introduction by Tom Wicker
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:435 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 203,Width 130 |
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| Category/Genre | Memoirs
Modern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781598530964
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| Classifications | Dewey:973.46092 |
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Publishing Details |
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The Library of America
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| Imprint |
The Library of America
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| Publication Date |
6 January 2011 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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Description
Thomas Jefferson defined, at the moment of our nation's birth, 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, as well as a testimony to the brilliance of one of the most influential and controversial figures in our nation's history.
Author Biography
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1824) was the drafter of the Declaration of Independence and the third president of the United States. Tom Wickeris a former political reporter and columnist forThe New York Timesand the author of several books, among them the Edgar Award-winningA Time to Die- The Attica Prison Revolt(1975) andShooting Star- The Brief Arc of Joe McCarthy(2006).
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