Jefferson in His Own Time - A Biographical Chronicle of His Life, Drawn from Recollections,

Informationen zum Autor Kevin J. Hayes is a professor of English at the University of Central Oklahoma. His books include An American Cycling Odyssey, 1887 ; The Road to Monticello: The Life and Mind of Thomas Jefferson ; The Mind of a Patriot: Patrick Henry and the World of Ideas ; and The Library of William Byrd of Westover , for which he received the Virginia Library History Award. In addition, he coedited, with Isabelle Bour, Franklin in His Own Time (Iowa, 2011). Klappentext In this volume, Kevin J. Hayes collects thirty accounts of Thomas Jefferson written by his granddaughters, visiting dignitaries, fellow politicians, and others who knew him as a family man, public servant, intellectual, and institution builder. The letters and reminiscences of those who knew Jefferson personally reveal him to be a warm, funny man, quite unlike the solemn statesman so often limned in biographies. Zusammenfassung Collects thirty accounts of Thomas Jefferson written by his granddaughters! visiting dignitaries! fellow politicians! and others who knew him as a family man! public servant! intellectual! and institution builder. The letters and reminiscences of those who knew Jefferson personally reveal him to be a warm! funny man! quite unlike the solemn statesman so often limned in biographies.

Product details

• Authors: Kevin J. (EDT) Hayes
• Assisted by: Kevin Hayes (Editor), Kevin J Hayes (Editor), Kevin J. Hayes (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Iowa Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2012
• EAN: 9781609381202
• ISBN: 978-1-60938-120-2
• No. of pages: 254
• Series: Writers in Their Own Time; Writers in Their Own Time
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous