Thomas Jefferson: the Art of Power

Meacham,Jon

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author of American Lion and Franklin and Winston comes a rich, unprecedented biography of Thomas Jefferson, an original thinker and a master politician, who helped create and sustain the American republic.

Jon Meacham brings to life the complete man, from birth to his last days—through the Revolutionary War and his years as President. We see the Founding Father who steered the states to nationhood, wrote the Declaration of Independence, and, as a master politician President, doubled the size of America through the Louisiana Purchase. With a powerful narrrative, Meacham guides us through the life and extraordinary times of a man often admired but, before now, never truly understood in all his complexity.