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Understanding Thomas Jefferson [Buy it!] | E. M. Halliday | USD 17.87 (Sun Jun 2 20:30:54 2024) | AbebooksDE | Smartbuy | ISBN10: 0060957611, ISBN13: 9780060957612, [publisher: Harpercollins Publishers] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Recent biographies of Thomas Jefferson have stressed the sphinxlike puzzles of his character famous champion of freedom yet lifelong slaveholder, foe of miscegenation yet secret lover of a beautiful slave for 30 years, aristocrat yet fervent advocate of government by the people. E. M. Halliday's absorbing and lucid portrait recognizes these and other puzzles about this great founder, but shows us how understandable they can be in light of his personal and social circumstances. 306 pp. Englisch [Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 2002] Show/Hide image |