The Women Jefferson Loved

The Women Jefferson Loved
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Publisher : Harper Collins
Total Pages : 496
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ISBN-10 : 9780062018731
ISBN-13 : 0062018736
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Book Synopsis The Women Jefferson Loved by : Virginia Scharff

Download or read book The Women Jefferson Loved written by Virginia Scharff and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-10-26 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A focused, fresh spin on Jeffersonian biography.” —Kirkus Reviews In the tradition of Annette Gordon-Reed’s The Hemingses of Monticello and David McCullough’s John Adams, historian Virginia Scharff offers a compelling, highly readable multi-generational biography revealing how the women Thomas Jefferson loved shaped the third president’s ideas and his vision for the nation. Scharff creates a nuanced portrait of the preeminent founding father, examining Jefferson through the eyes of the women who were closest to him, from his mother to his wife and daughters to Sally Hemings and the slave family he began with her.


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