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Jefferson and His Time, Vol. 1: Jefferson the Virginian
This is the first of six Pulitzer Prize-winning volumes on the life and times of Thomas Jefferson written by distinguished historian Dumas Malone. It is based on vast sources, which cover Jefferson's ancestry, youth, education, and legal career; his marriage and the building of Monticello; the drafting of the Declaration of Independence and the Notes on Virginia; his rich, fruitful legislative career; his highly controversial governorship; and his early services to the development of the West. "Jefferson and His Time is a masterly achievement of scholarship, the finest biography of Jefferson we have or are likely to have, and a monumental triumph of the senior American historian."-New York Times Book Review
Dumas Malone (Author), Anna Fields, Anna Fields (Narrator)
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Thomas Jefferson and His Times, Vol. 3: Jefferson and the Ordeal of Liberty
The third volume in Dumas Malone's distinguished study of Thomas Jefferson and his time deals with one of the most fascinating and controversial periods of Jefferson's life. It includes the story of the final and most crucial phase of his secretaryship of state, his retirement to Monticello, his assumption of the leadership of the opposition party, and the crisis during the half-war with France when the existence of political expression was threatened and the freedom of individuals imperiled
Dumas Malone (Author), Anna Fields, Anna Fields (Narrator)
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Thomas Jefferson and His Times, Vol. 4: The President, First Term, 1801-1805
The fourth volume in this Pulitzer Prize-winning six-volume work vividly recounts Jefferson's eventful first presidential term. Though characterized by calmer seas than his second presidential voyage, Jefferson's first years in office find him confronting a nation deeply divided following the administrations of Washington and Adams and many subsequent conflicts. "In the grand design of Mr. Malone's comprehensive biography, the present volume maintains the magnificent quality of the preceding ones and in one sense outstrips them by filling an urgent need in American scholarship."-New York Times Book Review
Dumas Malone (Author), Anna Fields, Anna Fields (Narrator)
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Thomas Jefferson and His Times, Vol. 5: The President, Second Term, 1805-1809
The fifth volume of the Jefferson series is a vibrant account of Jefferson's disparate activities, sponsoring the Lewis and Clark expedition, concluding the naval "war" with the Barbary pirates, engaging in a political duel with Chief Justice Marshall over the trial of Aaron Burr, attempting to impose an embargo on exports in reaction to the impressment of American seamen by foreign powers, and, finally, retiring to his beloved haven at Monticello.
Dumas Malone (Author), Anna Fields, Anna Fields (Narrator)
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Thomas Jefferson and His Times, Vol. 6: The Sage of Monticello
The sixth and final volume of Dumas Malone's epic masterwork, The Sage of Monticello brilliantly recounts the accomplishments, friendships, and family difficulties of Jefferson's last seventeen years, including his retirement from Washington and the presidency, his correspondence with John Adams and James Madison, his mounting personal tribulations, and his major role in the founding of the Library of Congress and the University of Virginia.
Dumas Malone (Author), Anna Fields, Anna Fields (Narrator)
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Jefferson and the Rights of Man: Jefferson and His Time, Volume 2
The second volume in this Pulitzer Prize-winning six-volume biography tells the story of the eventful middle years in the life of Thomas Jefferson: his ministry to France in the years just before the French Revolution and during the early stages of that conflict; his service as secretary of state in President George Washington's first cabinet; the crucial period of his first differences with Alexander Hamilton and the beginnings of his long struggle with the Federalists.
Dumas Malone (Author), Anna Fields, Anna Fields (Narrator)
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