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The road to Monticello : the life and mind of Thomas Jefferson / Kevin J. Hayes.

by Hayes, Kevin J.

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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Books and reading.

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Literary art.

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Influence.

Presidents -- United States -- Biography.

Monticello (Va.) -- History.

United States -- Intellectual life -- 1783-1865.

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0711/2007005039.html

9780195307580 (alk. paper) :

0195307585 (alk. paper) :

viii, 738 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

1: The education of Thomas Jefferson -- Fire! -- A boy and his books -- A correct, classical scholar -- William and Mary -- The Williamsburg circle -- The limits of English law -- A shelf of notebooks -- Becoming a burgess -- 2: Family and nation -- Domestic life and literary pursuits -- Rude Bard of the north -- A summary view of rights of British America -- The pen and the tomahawk -- The Declaration of Independence -- The book culture of Philadelphia and Williamsburg, contrasted -- Of law and learning -- Lines of communication -- Notes on the state of Virginia -- The narrow house -- An American odyssey -- 3: Our man in Paris -- Bookman in Paris -- Talking about literature -- London town -- Summer of '86 -- An inquisitive journey through France and Italy -- A tour through Holland and the Rhine Valley -- Last days in Paris -- IV: Servant of the people -- The young idea -- The Anas -- Letters from a Virginia farmer -- The vice president and the printed word -- The first inaugural address -- The wall of separation -- "Life of Captain Lewis" -- The president as patron of literature -- V: Monticello -- Return to Monticello -- Letters to an old friend -- The Library of Congress -- The retirement library -- The life and morals of Jesus of Nazareth -- The autobiography -- The University of Virginia from dream to reality -- The life and soul of the university.

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