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Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Thomas Jefferson believed in the covenant between a government and its citizens, in both the government's responsibilities to its people and also the people's responsibility to the republic. In this illuminating collection, a project of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jon Meacham has gathered Jefferson's most powerful and provocative reflections on the subject, drawn from public speeches and documents as well...
Author
Publisher
Publishers Group UK [distributor]
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
In 1784, Thomas Jefferson struck a deal with one of his slaves,James Hemings. The founding father was traveling to Paris and wanted to bring James along to master the art of French cooking. In exchange for James's cooperation, Jefferson would grant his freedom. Thus began one of the strangest partnerships in United States history. As Hemings apprenticed under master French chefs, Jefferson studied the cultivation of French crops so they might be replicated...
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Language
English
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As Thomas Jefferson's oldest daughter, Patsy becomes his helpmate, protector, and constant companion in the wake of her mother's death. She travels with him when he becomes American minister to France. It is in Paris that Patsy learns about her father's liaison with Sally Hemings, a slave girl her own age. Meanwhile, Patsy has fallen in love with her father's protégé William Short, a staunch abolitionist and ambitious diplomat. Her choices will...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Beverly, Harriet, Madison, and Eston are Thomas Jefferson's children by one of his slaves, Sally Hemings, and while they do get special treatment - better work, better shoes, even violin lessons - they are still slaves, and are never to mention who their father is. The lighter-skinned children have been promised a chance to escape into white society, but what does this mean for the children who look more like their mother? As each child grows up,...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
This is the little-known story of how a newly independent nation was challenged by four Muslim powers and what happened when America’s third president decided to stand up to intimidation. --Amazon.com
Author
Language
English
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Description
In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson selected his personal secretary, Captain Meriwether Lewis, to lead a voyage up the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean and back. Lewis and his partner, Captain William Clark, endure many hardships while on this incredible journey.
19) Thomas Jefferson
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Highlights the life and accomplishments of the author of the Declaration of Independence, who later became the third president of the United States.
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