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Barcode30053003829036
StatusChecked Out
Home LocationParis-Bourbon
Call NoB JEFF
Title Being Thomas Jefferson : an intimate history / Andrew Burstein.
Author Burstein, Andrew, author.
CollectionNEW: Adult Biography
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StatusHome LocationBarcodeCall NoCreated OnIssue NameCirc Status
Checked OutParis-Bourbon30053003829036B JEFF2/17/2026 Due on 3/5/2026

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Personal Name Burstein, Andrew, author.
Title Statement Being Thomas Jefferson : an intimate history / Andrew Burstein.
Varying Form of Title Thomas Jefferson : an intimate history
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2026.
Physical Description xxxvii, 480 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Content Type still image rdacontent
Content Type text rdacontent
Media Type unmediated rdamedia
Carrier Type volume rdacarrier
Bibliography, Etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary, Etc. "Perhaps no founding father is as mysterious as Thomas Jefferson. The author of the Declaration of Independence was both a gifted wordsmith and a bundle of nerves. His superior knowledge of the human heart is captured in the impassioned appeal he brought to the Declaration. But as a champion of the common man who lived a life of privilege on a mountaintop plantation of his own design, he has eluded biographers who have sought to make sense of his inner life. In [this book], Jefferson scholar Andrew Burstein peels away layers of obfuscation, taking us past the veneer of the animated letter-writer to describe a confused lover and a misguided humanist, too timid to embrace antislavery. Jefferson was a soft-spoken man who recoiled from direct conflict, yet a master puppeteer in politics. Whenever he left Monticello, where he could control his environment, he suffered debilitating headaches that plagued him for decades, until he finally retired from public life. So, what did it feel like to be Thomas Jefferson? Burstein explains the decision to take as his mistress Sally Hemings, the enslaved half-sister of his late wife, who bore him six children, none of whom he acknowledged. Presenting a society that encouraged separation between public and private, appearance and essence, Burstein paints a dramatic picture of early American culture and brings us closer to Jefferson's life and thought than ever before"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject-Personal Name Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Subject-Personal Name Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Presidents Biography. United States
Index Term-Genre/Form Biographies. lcgft

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