The Inner Jefferson: Portrait of a Grieving Optimism

By Andrew Burstein

Book Overview

Thomas Jefferson's personal life has always been a puzzle to biographers. Even his contemporaries found him difficult to know. In Jefferson's correspondence, however, Andrew Burstein has found a key to the inner man. This penetrating and thoughtful portait confronts widespread misunderstandings about Jefferson's romantic life and provides insight into the contradictions that still surround our third president.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813917204
• ISBN13: 9780813917207
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher