Flight from Monticello : Thomas Jefferson at war / Michael Kranish.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kranish, Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Governors--Virginia--Biography.

Governors.

Presidents--United States--Biography.

Presidents.

Virginia--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.

Virginia.

Virginia--Politics and government--1775-1783.

United States--Politics and government--1783-1809.

United States.

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.

Jefferson, Thomas.

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Adversaries.

Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799.

Henry, Patrick.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (401 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

When Thomas Jefferson wrote his epitaph, he listed as his accomplishments his authorship of the Declaration of Independence and the Virginia statute of religious freedom, and his founding of the University of Virginia. He did not mention his presidency or that he was second governor of the state of Virginia, in the most trying hours of the Revolution. Dumas Malone, author of the epic six-volume biography, wrote that the events of this time explain Jefferson's ""character as a man of action in a serious emergency."" Joseph Ellis, author of American Sphinx, focuses on other parts of Jefferson's

Contents:

Contents; Map of Virginia; Prologue; Williamsburg; Revolution; Invasion; Flight from Monticello; Acknowledgments; Notes; Suggested Reading; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-38440-6

9786612384400

0-19-970555-0

OCLC:

536239560