Confounding Father: Thomas Jefferson's Image in His Own Time

by Robert M.S. McDonald

Book Overview

Of all the founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson stood out as the most controversial and confounding. Loved and hated, revered and reviled, during his lifetime he served as a lightning rod for dispute. Few major figures in American history provoked such a polarization of public opinion. One supporter described him as the possessor of "an enlightened mind and superior wisdom; the adorer of our God; the patriot of his country; and the friend and benefactor...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813938961
• ISBN13: 9780813938967
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher