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Summary: HIST Thomas Jefferson, best known as the author of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and as our third president, was an extraordinarily accomplished man with wide-ranging interests. From 1784 to 1789, he was America's envoy to France, during which time he also traveled widely on the European continent. From his extensive writings during these years, editors Wilson and Stanton (both with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Modern Library 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.46 JEFJefferson, Thomas
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books/The Library of America 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.46 JEFJefferson, Thomas
Contents: Autobiography -- A summary view of the rights of British America -- Notes on the State of Virginia -- Public papers -- Addresses, messages, and replies -- Miscellany -- Letters.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Literary Classics of the U.S. 1984
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 973.3 JEFCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.3 JEFKilmeade, Brian
Summary: 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. When Thomas Jefferson became president in 1801, America faced a crisis. The new nation was deeply in debt and needed its economy to grow quickly, but its merchant ships were under attack. Pirates from North...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sentinel 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.4 KILCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: 973.4 KILCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist US KilmeadeDray, Stephanie
Summary: 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Dray 2016Anderson, Beth
Summary: Thomas Jefferson is one of the most famous founding fathers, but did you know that his mind was always on science? This STEM/STEAM picture book tells how Jefferson's scientific thinking and method battled against faulty facts and bias to prove that his new nation was just as good as any in the Old World. Young Thomas Jefferson loved to measure the natural world: plants and animals, mountains...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 JEFRosenstock, Barbara
Summary: An account of how the third American president helped create the world's largest library, the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., shares excerpts from primary source documents that include Jefferson's thoughts on books, reading, and learning.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boyds Mills Pr 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 JEFCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB JEFFERSON ROSRibke, Simone T.
Summary: Thomas Jefferson was our nations third president, but his contributions to the United States started years before. Jefferson was the principal author of the Declaration of Independencethe document that is the foundation of country. Throughout his life he continued to work for the betterment of the nation. The well-organized chapters help students identify key details while the photographs,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 JEFBrown, William Wells
Summary: "At a slave auction, a beautiful teenage girl, her sister, and her mother are sold as William Wells Brown's 1853 novel Clotel begins. In making his title character the daughter of Thomas Jefferson, Brown takes advantage of a scandalous and - until recently - unconfirmed rumor. Clotel's new owner falls in love with her, gets her pregnant, seems to promise marriage - then sells her. A fast-paced...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BROGiblin, James.
Summary: Traces the life of the third president of the United States and discusses his many non-political accomplishemts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 1994
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 JEFFradin, Dennis B.
Summary: An illustrated biography tells the life of the third president of the United States, a book-lover, self-taught architect, and author of the Declaration of Independence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 JefCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT People Who JeffersonBarfield, Thomas J. (Thomas Jefferson)
Summary: This work traces the historic struggles and the changing nature of political authority in this volatile region of the world, from the Mughal Empire in the sixteenth century to the Taliban resurgence today. The author introduces readers to the bewildering diversity of tribal and ethnic groups in Afghanistan, explaining what unites them as Afghans despite the regional, cultural, and political...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 958.1 BARCapinera, John L.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Comstock Pub. Associates 2004