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History/book board: looking for a good book on Thomas Jefferson
Posted on 7/21/20 at 1:07 pm
Posted on 7/21/20 at 1:07 pm
I like reading books like Chernow’s on Hamilton, 600-800 pages but with an unbiased author
I’m pretty skeptical of Jefferson and think he may have been quite overrated so I’d like to read more about him
I’m pretty skeptical of Jefferson and think he may have been quite overrated so I’d like to read more about him
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Posted on 7/21/20 at 1:09 pm to Wishnitwas1998
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Wishnitwas1776
Posted on 7/21/20 at 1:09 pm to Wishnitwas1998
Posted on 7/21/20 at 1:10 pm to Wishnitwas1998
Google Sally Hemming's and you'll find the details of Thomas Jefferson's relationship with her & the many children they produced.
Posted on 7/21/20 at 1:10 pm to Wishnitwas1998
Posted on 7/21/20 at 1:10 pm to Wishnitwas1998
I read the Jefferson Bible recently. Maybe an interesting companion to a good biography.
Posted on 7/21/20 at 1:11 pm to Wishnitwas1998
You must be a racist wanting to read a book on a slave owner. True colors really showing 
Posted on 7/21/20 at 1:11 pm to Wishnitwas1998
The art of power- Jon Meachem
Posted on 7/21/20 at 1:34 pm to Wishnitwas1998
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I’m pretty skeptical of Jefferson and think he may have been quite overrated so I’d like to read more about him
What makes you say that?
Posted on 7/21/20 at 1:47 pm to iAmBatman
I’ll be damned, I didn’t know they had made a book board. Well my bad then, pls delete
Posted on 7/21/20 at 1:49 pm to CosmoKramerMD
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The art of power- Jon Meachem
Seconded. Very comprehensive and Meachem is a fantastic writer. Most of the time, you don't even feel like you're reading a biography.
Posted on 7/21/20 at 1:51 pm to CosmoKramerMD
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The art of power- Jon Meachem
Posted on 7/21/20 at 2:00 pm to Wishnitwas1998
He wrote another one in a similar style about Andrew Jackson. Very very good. Titled American Lion
Posted on 7/21/20 at 2:03 pm to CosmoKramerMD
Great book. Also worth reading American Sphinx by Joeseph Ellis, and Jefferson The Architect of American Liberty by John Boles.
Posted on 7/21/20 at 2:13 pm to Wishnitwas1998
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I’m pretty skeptical of Jefferson and think he may have been quite overrated so I’d like to read more about him
Jefferson was a poetic statesman. He certainly was not overrated for that; he wrote some of the most beautiful and inspiring prose of the revolutionary period. However, he was not a man to put himself in harm's way. He was not a fighter, and in his day, some thought him a coward. His plans for an agrarian society, in which men lived pure lives close to nature, were immediately overwhelmed by Hamilton's vision of a financial, commercial empire.
So he was way wrong on the future of America; he was not a warrior; and he was a slaveowner, although he was against slavery. Against this, he was the poet of the revolution, wrote the Declaration of Independence, and consummated the Louisiana Purchase. A mixed bag, but on balance I say he was a great man.
Posted on 7/21/20 at 2:29 pm to CosmoKramerMD
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He wrote another one in a similar style about Andrew Jackson. Very very good. Titled American Lion
I’ve actually read that one, loved it, just couldn’t remember Meachum’s names or I would’ve already searched for a book by hiM
Posted on 7/21/20 at 2:29 pm to Wishnitwas1998
The art of Power
Posted on 7/21/20 at 2:31 pm to Penrod
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Jefferson was a poetic statesman. He certainly was not overrated for that; he wrote some of the most beautiful and inspiring prose of the revolutionary period. However, he was not a man to put himself in harm's way. He was not a fighter, and in his day, some thought him a coward. His plans for an agrarian society, in which men lived pure lives close to nature, were immediately overwhelmed by Hamilton's vision of a financial, commercial empire.
I should have clarified that his writing is beyond reproach, I just wonder sometimes how much substance was actually there. I’m also dismayed by his inconsistencies regarding Presidential power. He preached one thing for years, then when he was POTUS behaved totally differently
So I suspect*. (Thus wanting to learn more)
This post was edited on 7/21/20 at 2:31 pm
Posted on 7/21/20 at 2:32 pm to CosmoKramerMD
quote:Start here.
The art of power- Jon Meachem
Posted on 7/23/20 at 11:15 pm to Wishnitwas1998
Burr, by gore Vidal is a great book, not actually history, but probably accurate.
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