Bibliograph

Thomas Jefferson, a biography of spirit and flesh, Thomas S. Kidd

Type

Label

Thomas Jefferson, a biography of spirit and flesh, Thomas S. Kidd

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Thomas Jefferson

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1267753242

Responsibility statement

Thomas S. Kidd

Sub title

a biography of spirit and flesh

Summary

"Thomas Jefferson was arguably the most brilliant and inspiring political writer in American history. But the ethical realities of his personal life and political career did not live up to his soaring rhetoric. Indeed, three tensions defined Jefferson's moral life: democracy versus slavery, republican virtue versus dissolute consumption, and veneration for Jesus versus skepticism about Christianity. In this book Thomas S. Kidd tells the story of Jefferson's ethical life through the lens of these tensions, including an unapologetic focus on the issue where Jefferson's idealistic philosophy and lived reality clashed most obviously: his sexual relationship with his enslaved woman Sally Hemings. In doing so, he offers a unique perspective on one of American history's most studied figures."--Dust jacket

Target audience

adult

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