How to Celebrate Thomas Jefferson's Birthday
Chances are you won't get the day off work on April 13. But Thomas Jefferson's legacy deserves to be commemorated. Besides, he did so many things - and did them so well and with so much gusto - that his birthday makes excellent fodder for a ... [... more]
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Thomas Jefferson's Favorite Bread Pudding
Cut up bread while milk and butter are heating in a pot. Combine liquids, eggs, sugar, and spice. Add bread last by submerging it using your hands so that it gets thoroughly soaked. Transfer into a buttered 9 by 13-inch pan, pouring gently so ... [... more]
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Jefferson's Philosopher - Mises.org - Mises Institute
First: no more than any other hypothesis. For when the people are made miserable, and find themselves exposed to the ill usage of arbitrary power, cry up their governors as much as you will for sons of Jupiter, let them be sacred and divine, ... [... more]
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Summer camp at Jefferson's Poplar Forest
Two weeks away from home, sleeping in a college dorm room, digging for historical artifacts, staying up late, going on field trips. Does it make you wish you were a kid at summer camp again? You can't turn back the clock to recapture your youth, ... [... more]
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Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest
George W. Bush gets away to his ranch in Crawford, Texas when he needs a break. His father fished, golfed and relaxed at his home in Maine when he needed a break from the White House. Ever since George Washington began using Mount Vernon as his ... [... more]
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Jefferson's Call for Nationhood: The First Inaugural ...
 Jefferson's Call for Nationhood: The First Inaugural Address (Library of Presidential Rhetoric) [... more]
$42.43
A1 Books |
The Jeffersons - The Complete First Season
The Jeffersons - The Complete First Season [... more]
$18.05
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Jefferson's Monticello
An autobiographical architectural wonder: "In its design, history, symbolism and metaphor, Monticello is the quintessential example of the autobiographical house" (2). Not only did the house remain in a state of architectural momentum for forty [... more]
$39.95
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Mr. Jefferson's Women
Jon Kukla received his BA from Carthage College and his MA and Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. From 1973 through 1990 he directed historical research and publishing at the Library of Virginia. From 1992 to 1998 he was curator and then ... [... more]
Random House |
Kenneth Burns
Contribution by Kenneth Burns, Photographed by Robert C. Lautman, Introduction by David McCullough Specially created in collaboration with Ken Burns for his documentary film series on Thomas Jefferson, these rich photographs portray Jefferson's ... [... more]
Random House |
Jefferson's Secrets: Death and Desire at Monticello
Another Fine Contribution by Andrew Burstein: Jefferson has now fallen into the same category as Lincoln: given the zillions of books already written about him, what is there left to add? Burstein's previous book on TJ ("The Inner Jefferson") [... more]
$15.95
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Jefferson's Demons: Portrait of a Restless Mind
How Thomas Jefferson Can Change Your Life: This book is a Bildungsroman: the Education of Thomas Jefferson. It's the story of how Jefferson struggled to form himself into a man capable of action--the story of his "paideia," as the author would [... more]
$19.95
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