American sphinx : the character of Thomas Jefferson
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xiv, 365 pages ; 25 cm.
Status
Gold Hill Library Branch
921 JEFFERSON T
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921 JEFFERSON T
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Redwood Campus
E332.2 .E45 A44 1997
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E332.2 .E45 A44 1997
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
For the historian Joseph J. Ellis, the experience of writing about Jefferson was "as if a pathologist, just about to begin an autopsy, has discovered that the body on the operating table was still breathing." In American Sphinx, Ellis sifts the facts shrewdly from the legends and the rumors, treading a path between vilification and hero worship in order to formulate a plausible portrait of the man who still today "hover[s] over the political scene like one of those dirigibles cruising above a crowded football stadium, flashing words of inspiration to both teams." For, at the grass roots, Jefferson is no longer liberal or conservative, agrarian or industrialist, pro- or anti-slavery, privileged or populist. He is all things to all people. His own obliviousness to incompatible convictions within himself (which left him deaf to most forms of irony) has leaked out into the world at large--a world determined to idolize him despite his foibles.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Ellis, J. J. (1997). American sphinx: the character of Thomas Jefferson . Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ellis, Joseph J. 1997. American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson. Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ellis, Joseph J. American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Ellis, Joseph J. American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.
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