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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. With intelligence, insight, eloquence, and wit, Hitchens gives us an artful portrait of a complex, formative figure and his turbulent era.
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Thomas Jefferson, Christopher Hitchens
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2009
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- Titolo
- Thomas Jefferson
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Christopher Hitchens
- Editore
- Harper Perennial
- Pubblicato
- 2009
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 188
- ISBN10
- 0060837063
- ISBN13
- 9780060837068
- Serie
- Tag
- Saggistica, Scienze sociali, Tema stórico, Storie vere, Biografie, Storia, Scienze politiche & Politica, Tematica filosofica, Politica, Filosofia, Storia degli Stati Uniti, Biografie di politici, Presidenti
- Valutazione
- 4 su 5
- Descrizione
- 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. With intelligence, insight, eloquence, and wit, Hitchens gives us an artful portrait of a complex, formative figure and his turbulent era.