Jefferson, Thomas
Summary: HIST Thomas Jefferson, best known as the author of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and as our third president, was an extraordinarily accomplished man with wide-ranging interests. From 1784 to 1789, he was America's envoy to France, during which time he also traveled widely on the European continent. From his extensive writings during these years, editors Wilson and Stanton (both with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Modern Library 1999
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Publisher / Publication Date: Published for the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation by the University Press of Virginia 1986
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Publisher / Publication Date: Modern Library 1993
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books/The Library of America 1990
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Contents: Public papers -- Addresses, messages, and replies -- Miscellany.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2011
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Contents: Autobiography -- A summary view of the rights of British America -- Notes on the State of Virginia -- Public papers -- Addresses, messages, and replies -- Miscellany -- Letters.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Literary Classics of the U.S. 1984
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.3 JEFJefferson, Thomas
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 226.1 JEFSummary: Volume 1 begins with a look at two of the many crises faced by George Washington during his term as America's first president. At a time when any conflict had the potential to dissolve the fragile union, Washington surrounded himself with brilliant men who were bound by their undying devotion to America, but who were often bitterly divided about how best to serve their common cause. Volume 2...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2002
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV FOUMoore, Roy.
Summary: In the middle 1980s, the Moores first took the official tour replicating Jefferson's three-month journey in the spring of 1787 and have returned often to capture in color photographs the scenes he might have seen, i.e. devoid of automobiles, factories, and the like. In addition to descriptive captions, they include letters and excerpts from his published journal but no index or bibliography.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stewart, Tabori & Chang 1999
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Place a hold to request this item.Dray, Stephanie
Summary: As Thomas Jefferson's oldest daughter, Patsy becomes his helpmate, protector, and constant companion in the wake of her mother's death. She travels with him when he becomes American minister to France. It is in Paris that Patsy learns about her father's liaison with Sally Hemings, a slave girl her own age. Meanwhile, Patsy has fallen in love with her father's protégé William Short, a staunch...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: They were the most legendary and respected politicians, statesmen and warriors of history's first republic since the days of ancient Rome. They were also traitors and smugglers, rabble rousers and hot-heads, unfaithful husbands and prodigious drinkers. Our "Founding Fathers" were, in fact, human beings. Gain a fascinating glimpse behind the images on the marble busts and faces on our dollar...
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Publisher / Publication Date: A & E Television Networks 2000
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: With the Boston Harbor still stained from over-taxed British tea, a revolution is brewing in the colonies! And now England has thousands of troops headed for America's shores to squelch her subjects' freedom-loving spirit! It's up to John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson to convince a stubborn congress of British colonists to unite as American patriots turn the inevitable war with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS SEVKilmeade, Brian
Summary: This is the little-known story of how a newly independent nation was challenged by four Muslim powers and what happened when America's third president decided to stand up to intimidation. When Thomas Jefferson became president in 1801, America faced a crisis. The new nation was deeply in debt and needed its economy to grow quickly, but its merchant ships were under attack. Pirates from North...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.47 KILGordon-Reed, Annette.
Summary: Thomas Jefferson is still presented today as a hopelessly enigmatic figure, despite being written about more than any other Founding Father. Lauded as the most articulate voice of American freedom, even as he held people in bondage, Jefferson is variably described by current-day observers as a hypocrite, an atheist, and a simple-minded proponent of limited government. The authors team up to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 JEFFERSON, THOMAS GORKilmeade, Brian
Summary: This is the little-known story of how a newly independent nation was challenged by four Muslim powers and what happened when America's third president decided to stand up to intimidation. When Thomas Jefferson became president in 1801, America faced a crisis. The new nation was deeply in debt and needed its economy to grow quickly, but its merchant ships were under attack. Pirates from North...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sentinel 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist US KilmeadeSummary: This series covers America's history from the age of Pre-Columbian Native Americans, through European discovery, colonization, independence, the forging of a young nation, and the settling of the American frontier. Students will look at the history of the United States from a new perspective, as they explore the events that have shaped modern American society. Professor Linwood Thompson is the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 1996
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Rosenstock, Barbara
Summary: An account of how the third American president helped create the world's largest library, the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., shares excerpts from primary source documents that include Jefferson's thoughts on books, reading, and learning.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boyds Mills Pr 2013
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB JEFFERSON ROSGroom, Winston
Summary: "In this masterful narrative, historian Winston Groom transports readers to the world of the American Revolution, where bold ideas, improbable events, and three extraordinary characters led to the remarkable birth of the country we know today. When the Revolutionary War ended in victory, there remained a stupendous problem: establishing a workable democratic government in the vast, newly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books, Inc. 2020
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 973.3092 GROFerling, John E.
Summary: In 1800 the nation was struggling to its feet amidst an array of threats from foreign governments and a host of constitutional struggles. Against this backdrop, President John Adams, an elite, strong-willed Federalist, set to square off against his vice president, Thomas Jefferson, a populist Republican.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2004
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 324.973 FERLimbaugh, Rush H.
Summary: When one of the time-traveling crew is running for student-body president at Manchester Middle School, Rush Revere takes them back in history to witness the election and leadership of our first three presidents.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD J LIMRibke, Simone T.
Summary: Thomas Jefferson was our nations third president, but his contributions to the United States started years before. Jefferson was the principal author of the Declaration of Independencethe document that is the foundation of country. Throughout his life he continued to work for the betterment of the nation. The well-organized chapters help students identify key details while the photographs,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 JEFSummary: A fresh and relevant narrative about the men who led this country through change and the lives they affected, from an early idea of democracy to our first African-American President.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Educational Productions 2010
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV AMEBrown, William Wells
Summary: Includes memoirs, travel writings, fiction, and history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014