The Art of Power: Advance Review

This is an excellent full biography of Thomas Jefferson, drafter of the Declaration of Independence, third President of the USA, and founder of the University of Virginia - a founding father of the USA. He was responsible for the Louisiana Purchase which doubles the size of the United States and sent Lewis and Clark on their expedition to the Pacific coast - and back.

This treatment is largely based on original documents, letters, journals and other contemporaneous writings. It provides many new insights into this very complex man who played such a big role in the founding and growth of the United States.

My review is based on an Advance Readers copy received as part of the LibraryThing Advance Reader Program.

Publication date is November 12, 2012.

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