Jefferson: Architect of American Liberty by John B. Boles (English) Hardcover Bo

Description: Jefferson by John B. Boles From an eminent scholar of the American South, the first full-scale biography of Thomas Jefferson since 1970 FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Not since Merrill Petersons THOMAS JEFFERSON AND THE NEW NATION has a scholar attempted to write a comprehensive biography of the most complex Founding Father. In JEFFERSON, John B. Boles plumbs every facet of Thomas Jeffersons life, all while situating him amid the sweeping upheaval of his times. We meet Jefferson the politician and political thinker-as well as Jefferson the architect, scientist, bibliophile, paleontologist, musician, and gourmet. We witness him drafting of the Declaration of Independence, negotiating the Louisiana Purchase, and inventing a politics that emphasized the states over the federal government - a political philosophy that shapes our national life to this day. Boles offers new insight into Jeffersons actions and thinking on race. His Jefferson is not a hypocrite, but a tragic figure - a man who could not hold simultaneously to his views on abolition, democracy, and patriarchal responsibility. Yet despite his flaws, Jeffersons ideas would outlive him and make him into nothing less than the architect of American liberty. Author Biography John B. Boles is the William P. Hobby Professor of History at Rice University and the former editor of the Journal of Southern History. Boles lives in Houston, Texas. Review "[An] elegant, highly incisive new biography... The detail is impressive, equally so the fluidity of the presentation. The reader is enveloped in Jeffersons world."--Booklist"[A] good, solid, generally fair-minded biography... [Boless] biography concentrates on the exterior events of Jeffersons private and public lives and weaves them together in a straightforward, clearly written narrative. It is the fullest and most complete single-volume life of Jefferson since Merrill Petersons thousand-page biography of 1970."--Gordon Wood, Weekly Standard"[A] splendid biography."--Wall Street Journal"A fully fleshed biography of Thomas Jefferson that emphasizes his creative paradoxes and accomplishments... A stately, knowledgeable study."--Kirkus Reviews"A sympathetic (though not hagiographic) view of Jefferson that emphasizes the differences between his world and ours....[Jefferson] was, in Mr. Boless words, the architect of American liberty, a phrase the author uses without the sneers or hedges that have become de rigueur among recent chroniclers of the founding era....[a] splendid biography."--Wall Street Journal"For all readers interested in understanding the enigmatic and controversial Jefferson as well as his shortcomings and triumphs within the context of his time."--Library Journal"In a narrative as majestic as its subject, Boles takes a fresh, nuanced look at one of the Americas most enigmatic founding fathers... Boles, an accomplished scholar well versed in the source material, deftly paints a picture of the world as Jefferson knew it, taking care not to mix up understanding with excusing, especially with the Virginians relationship with Sally Hemings. This is a gem of a biography."--Publishers Weekly"Intensely satisfying... Boles does a particularly skillful job at weaving Jeffersons correspondence and other writings into the busy tempo of his year-to-year life, creating a fascinating dialogue on the page between the reserved and often diffident public man and direct and provocative private writer."--Christian Science Monitor "John Boless deeply researched and judiciously balanced Jefferson is an exemplary biography. Animated by a warm and wise admiration for a great American, Boles never loses sight of Jeffersons limitations and failures-or of his extraordinary achievements."--Peter Onuf, University of Virginia, and coauthor, with Annette Gordon-Reed, of Most Blessed of the Patriarchs Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination"John Boless Jefferson is learned, fluent, sensitive, and magnificently detailed. It gives due attention to the intellectual currents and social circumstances that made Jefferson who he was, and its careful engagement with the complexities of slavery is convincingly integrated into the whole. Professor Boles has earned an eminent place for himself in the ever-active field of Jefferson studies."--Andrew Burstein, author of Jeffersons Secrets and coauthor of Madison and Jefferson"Magisterial...perhaps the finest one-volume biography of an American president."--Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post"The fullest and most complete single-volume life of Jefferson since Merrill Petersons thousand-page biography of 1970."--Gordon Wood, Weekly Standard Long Description Not since Merrill Petersons THOMAS JEFFERSON AND THE NEW NATION has a scholar attempted to write a comprehensive biography of the most complex Founding Father. In JEFFERSON , John B. Boles plumbs every facet of Thomas Jeffersons life, all while situating him amid the sweeping upheaval of his times. We meet Jefferson the politician and political thinker-as well as Jefferson the architect, scientist, bibliophile, paleontologist, musician, and gourmet. We witness him drafting of the Declaration of Independence, negotiating the Louisiana Purchase, and inventing a politics that emphasized the states over the federal government - a political philosophy that shapes our national life to this day. Boles offers new insight into Jeffersons actions and thinking on race. His Jefferson is not a hypocrite, but a tragic figure - a man who could not hold simultaneously to his views on abolition, democracy, and patriarchal responsibility. Yet despite his flaws, Jeffersons ideas would outlive him and make him into nothing less than the architect of American liberty. Review Quote "The fullest and most complete single-volume life of Jefferson since Merrill Petersons thousand-page biography of 1970."-- Gordon Wood, Weekly Standard Promotional "Headline" From an eminent scholar of the American South, the first full-scale biography of Thomas Jefferson since 1970 Details ISBN0465094686 Author John B. Boles Year 2017 ISBN-10 0465094686 ISBN-13 9780465094684 Format Hardcover Pages 640 Imprint Basic Books Subtitle Architect of American Liberty Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States DEWEY 973.46092 Illustrations 10 b/w images throughout Media Book Short Title Jefferson Language English Publisher Basic Books US Release Date 2017-04-27 Publication Date 2017-04-27 UK Release Date 2017-04-27 Audience General NZ Release Date 2017-06-26 AU Release Date 2017-06-26 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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