Publication

2002 - Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Charlottesville, Va, Virginia

Language

English

Word Count

25,000 words, Guess

Page Count

100 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing2765691
  • Goodreads1104548

Classifications

  • DDC973.4/6/092
  • LCCE332.2 .B86 2002
  • DDCB

First Sentence

When the thirty-three-year-old Thomas Jefferson composed his most famous public document in 1776, he did not aim to invent a nation on his own terms, but rather to adapt common sentiments and specific judgments that reflected the consensus of the Second Continental Congress, then meeting in Philadelphia.

Subjects

Topics

PsychologyLiterary artWriting skillAmerican lettersJefferson, thomas, 1743-1826Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Psychology.Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Literary art.

Series Statement

  • Monticello monograph series

Other Editions

  • Letters from the head and heartThomas Jefferson Foundation2002

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