A new biography maps out the moral tensions that tormented his mind and tainted his legacy. Thomas Jefferson continues to inspire and divide Americans. Even though he still ranks in the top 10 in ...
Thomas Jefferson loved new technology and modding his surroundings to his lifestyle. From food to comfort to efficiency, he was always looking for ways to improve his living space with inventions and ...
"This book is based on volumes 1-19 of The papers of Thomas Jefferson, edited by Julian P. Boyd and others, published by Princeton University Press." ...
Imagine a world where the Civil War never happened. Slavery would have ended a century earlier than it did, sparing the country decades of division and a bloodbath that cost thousands of Americans ...
At a 1962 dinner for Nobel Prize winners, John F. Kennedy declared the event the greatest collection of talent ever brought together at the White House, “with the possible exception of when Thomas ...
Late one afternoon in May, a large group of people wearing name tags gathered under the shade of a giant tulip poplar tree on the south terrace of Monticello. As the last of the day’s tourists were ...