Thomas Jefferson: Life Liberty and the Pursuit of Everything

Thomas Jefferson: Life Liberty and the Pursuit of EverythingRenowned artist Maira Kalman sheds light on the fascinating life and interests of the Renaissance man who was our third president. Thomas Jefferson is perhaps best known for writing the Declaration of Independence but there's so much more to discover. This energetic man was interested in everything. He played violin, spoke seven languages and was a scientist, naturalist, botanist, mathematician and architect. He designed his magnificent home,

Paul Jennings was born into slavery on the plantation of James and Dolley Madison in Virginia

Winner of the George Washington Book Prize Award

It was one of the first of the re-blooming roses in America

Thomas Jefferson was known for the brilliance of his writing

generous armrests and a serpentine crest rail

When Annette Gordon-Reed's groundbreaking study was first published

Jefferson occasionally gives legal advice

feared chaos and social disorder

Like its European relative

and children

Gordon-Reed assembles a fascinating and convincing argument: not that the alleged thirty-eight-year liaison necessarily took place but rather that the evidence for its taking place has been denied a fair hearing

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