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Thomas Jefferson

a life

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An edition of Thomas Jefferson (1993)

Thomas Jefferson

a life

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George Washington is the story of a man who turned an impoverished childhood and frequent humiliations at the hands of the mother he feared into a career of rebellion and creation.

He learned from the British commanders who rejected him during his days on the frontier how to fight a war of rebellion. When he had worn out and nearly bankrupted his soldiers and his allies, Washington disbanded the victorious army he had forged and resigned to Congress, giving life to democratic government. George III once said that Washington would be the greatest man of the eighteenth century if he could give up power. And he did. Twice.

A backwoods fighter before and during the French and Indian War, he employed a largely ragtag army of volunteers and the tactics of guerrilla warfare to defeat the world's most feared military power. His maneuvers to escape direct confrontation would be studied years later and serve as a model for Ho Chi Minh's field commanders in Vietnam.

And, most important, as this fresh and authoritative narrative reveals, he exhibited the temperament for leadership in war and in peace, while suffering scoundrels, hardships, and a rogue press bent on his destruction.

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Publisher
H. Holt, Henry Holt
Language
English
Pages
708

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Thomas Jefferson: a life
1994, HarperPerennial
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Thomas Jefferson: a life
1993, H. Holt, Henry Holt
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 641-675) and index.
"A John Macrae book."

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
973.4/6/092, B
Library of Congress
E332 .R196 1993, E312 .R196 1997, E312.R196 1997, E332.R196 1993

The Physical Object

Pagination
xix, 708 p. ;
Number of pages
708

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1394786M
Internet Archive
thomasjefferson00will
ISBN 10
0805015779, 0805027793
LCCN
93002057, 97019125
OCLC/WorldCat
36909548, 28148088
Library Thing
109466
Goodreads
2068724
3537672

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