- Psychology, National Book Award Winner, Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography
For a man who insisted that life on the public stage was not what he had in mind, Thomas Jefferson certainly spent a great deal of time in the spotlight--and not only during his active political career.
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Contemplative, classical in form, cool and character-led.
- contemplativerelentless
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- character-ledplot-driven
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Joseph J. Ellis
- First published
- 1997
- Pages
- 440
- Publisher
- Random House Value Publishing, Blackstone Audiobooks, Vintage
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780679764410
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“IT WAS A PROVINCIAL version of the grand entrance.”
Joseph John Ellis is an American historian and professor whose work focuses on the lives and times of the founders of the United States of America. He has won the Pulitzer prize for History - Wikipedia
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