Confounding Father Thomas Jefferson's Image in His Own Time |
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| Author:
| McDonald, Robert M. S. |
| Series title: | Jeffersonian America Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8139-3896-7 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2016 |
| Publisher: | University of Virginia Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $43.00 |
Book Description:
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Of all the founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson stood out as the most controversial and confounding. Loved and hated, revered and reviled, during his lifetime he served as a lightning rod for dispute. In this fascinating book, historian Robert M. S. McDonald explores how Jefferson, a man with a manner so mild some described it as meek, emerged as such a divisive figure.
Of all the founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson stood out as the most controversial and confounding. Loved and hated, revered and reviled, during his lifetime he served as a lightning rod for dispute. In this fascinating book, historian Robert M. S. McDonald explores how Jefferson, a man with a manner so mild some described it as meek, emerged as such a divisive figure.