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"Most blessed of the patriarchs" : Thomas Jefferson and the empire of the imagination

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"Most blessed of the patriarchs" : Thomas Jefferson and the empire of the imagination
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Thomas Jefferson and the empire of the imagination
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Annette Gordon-Reed, Peter S. Onuf
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eng
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Thomas Jefferson is still presented today as a hopelessly enigmatic figure, despite being written about more than any other Founding Father. Lauded as the most articulate voice of American freedom, even as he held people in bondage, Jefferson is variably described by current-day observers as a hypocrite, an atheist, and a simple-minded proponent of limited government. The authors team up to present an absorbing and revealing character study that finally clarifies the philosophy of Thomas Jefferson. Tracing Jefferson's development and maturation from his youth to his old age, the authors explore what they call the "empire" of Jefferson's imagination--his expansive state of mind born of the intellectual influences and life experiences that led him into public life as a modern avatar of the enlightenment, who often likened himself to an ancient figure--"the most blessed of the patriarchs."
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RECBX
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973.4/6092
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Narrated by Karen Chilton
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