Thomas Jefferson - Author of America

Informationen zum Autor Christopher Hitchens was the author of numerous books, including the controversial international bestseller God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything . Klappentext 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, eloquence, and wit, Hitchens gives us an artful portrait of a complex, formative figure and his turbulent era. Zusammenfassung "A balanced, readable portrait. A refreshing perspective.” — New York Times Book Review With intelligence, insight, eloquence, and wit, bestselling author Christopher Hitchens gives us an artful portrait of a complex, formative figure in American history and his turbulent era . 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.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Hitchens
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 05.05.2009
• EAN: 9780060837068
• ISBN: 978-0-06-083706-8
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 12 mm
• Series: Eminent Lives; Eminent Lives
• Subjects: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire > Comic; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; HISTORY: United States / 19th Century, HISTORY: United States / 21st Century, HISTORY: AMERICAN, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Political, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Presidents & Heads of State, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Religious, PHILOSOPHY: Essays, POLITICAL SCIENCE: American Government / National, HISTORY: Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Royalty