THOMAS JEFFERSON

Kirjan THOMAS JEFFERSON (2022) on kirjoittanut CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS. Kirjan kieli on englanti, ja sen on kustantanut HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS INC. Kirja on laajuudeltaan 208 sivua ja se on nidottu.

"A balanced, readable portrait. A refreshing perspective. " --New York Times Book ReviewWith intelligence, insight, eloquence, and wit, bestselling author Christopher Hitchens gives us an artful portrait of a complex, formative figure in American history and his turbulent era. 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.