Thomas Jefferson
Author of America
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, eloque…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-06-083706-8
- EAN: 9780060837068
- Produktnummer: 19413495
- Verlag: Harper Collins (US)
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Seitenangabe: 208 S.
- Ausstattung: Trade Paperback
- Masse: H20.5 cm x B13.7 cm x D2.0 cm 156 g
- Gewicht: 156
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Christopher Hitchens was the author of numerous books, including the controversial international bestseller God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything.
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