The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution. On November 26, 1791, George Washington convened his department secretaries-Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, Henry Knox, and Edmund Randolph-for the first cabinet meeting. Why did he wait two and a half years into h... - The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution.
The Compleat Victory. In the late summer and fall of 1777, after two years of indecisive fighting on both sides, the outcome of the American War of Independence hung in the balance. Having successfully expelled the Americans from Canada in 1776, the Brit... - The Compleat Victory.
The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South. A renowned culinary historian offers a fresh perspective on our most divisive cultural issue, race, in this illuminating memoir of Southern cuisine and food culture that traces his ancestry?-both black and white?-through food, from ... - The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South.
The Declaration of Independence. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson between June 11 and June 28, 1776, the Declaration of Independence summarizes America's founding political philosophy. At once a cherished symbol of liberty and an expression of Jefferson's monumental talents a... - The Declaration of Independence.
The Founding of Thomas Jefferson's University. Established in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the University of Virginia was known as "The University" throughout the South for most of the nineteenth century, and today it stands as one of the premier universities in the world. This volume pr... - The Founding of Thomas Jefferson's University.
The Fruits and Fruit Trees of Monticello. Anyone who has toured Monticello during the spring and summer months has seen the extensive fruit gardens that are as much a part of Thomas Jefferson's legacy as his seven-day clock and dumbwaiter. Cultivating over 170 varieties of temperate fruits&c... - The Fruits and Fruit Trees of Monticello.
The Grimkes: The Legacy of Slavery in an American Family. Sarah and Angelina Grimke-the Grimke sisters-are revered figures in American history, famous for rejecting their privileged lives on a plantation in South Carolina to become firebrand activists in the North. Their antislavery pamphlets, a... - The Grimkes: The Legacy of Slavery in an American Family.
The Hemingses of Monticello. This epic work tells the story of the Hemingses, whose close blood ties to our third president had been systematically expunged from American history until very recently. Now, historian and legal scholar Annette Gordon-Reed traces the Hem... - The Hemingses of Monticello.
The Illimitable Freedom of the Human Mind Author Signed Book. Book signed by author Andrew J. O'Shaughnessy. Already renowned as a statesman, Thomas Jefferson in his retirement from government turned his attention to the founding of an institution of higher learning. Never merely a patron, the form... - The Illimitable Freedom of the Human Mind Author Signed Book.
The Jefferson Bible. In 1819 Thomas Jefferson began isolating the passages from the Bible which he believed to be the authentic words and teachings of Jesus. "The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth," extracted textually from the Gospels in Greek, Latin&com... - The Jefferson Bible.
The Jefferson Bible - Smithsonian Edition. The Jefferson Bible, or The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth as it is formally titled, was Thomas Jefferson's effort to extract what he considered the pertinent doctrine of Jesus by removing sections of the New Testament containing su... - The Jefferson Bible - Smithsonian Edition.
The Life and Times of Thomas Jefferson: A Coloring and Activity Book. Children can explore Thomas Jefferson's life while coloring and working through the various fun activities. Learn facts about Jefferson's childhood, his home, Monticello and a few interesting inventions. Paperback, 56 pages.... - The Life and Times of Thomas Jefferson: A Coloring and Activity Book.
The Life of Thomas Jefferson In Pursuit of Reason. In Pursuit of Reason fills a longstanding need of interested readers, students, and scholars for an authoritative single-volume biography of Thomas Jefferson. Although there have been important works on Jefferson before, their very... - The Life of Thomas Jefferson In Pursuit of Reason.
The Louisiana Purchase. In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson charged James Monroe and Robert Livingston with the task of negotiating with the French to keep an American port open at the mouth of the Mississippi River. On the two-hundredth anniversary of the signing of the Lou... - The Louisiana Purchase.
The Men Who Lost America - British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of the Empire. Winner of the George Washington Book Prize AwardThe loss of America was a stunning and unexpected defeat for the powerful British Empire. Common wisdom has held that incompetent military commanders and political leaders in Britain must have been to b... - The Men Who Lost America - British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of the Empire.
The Nature of Things. The Epicureans of ancient Rome discarded the ideas of life after death and of an interventionist God in favor of the tactile pleasures of nature. In The Nature of Things, Lucretius celebrates with wit and sharp perception the extraordinary brea... - The Nature of Things.
The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series Volume 5. Volume 5 includes 592 documents from 1 May 1812 to 10 March 1813. America declares war on Great Britain on 18 June 1812. Jefferson counsels domestic reconciliation while suggesting that America recruit British incendiaries to burn London if British s... - The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series Volume 5.
The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series Volume 6. Volume 6 covers the period from March to November 1813. Although freed from the cares of government, during the War of 1812 Thomas Jefferson is unable to disassociate himself from politics entirely. He recommends that gunboats be used to protec... - The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series Volume 6.
The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series Volume 8. Volume Eight of the project documenting Thomas Jefferson's last years presents 591 documents dated from 1 October 1814 to 31 August 1815. Jefferson is overjoyed by American victories late in the War of 1812 and highly interested in the treaty negotia... - The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series Volume 8.
The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series Volume 1. This volume inaugurates the definitive edition of papers from Thomas Jefferson's retirement. As the volume opens, a new president is installed and Jefferson is anticipating his return to Virginia, where he will pursue a fascinating range ... - The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series Volume 1.