Thomas Jefferson - by Alf J Mapp (Paperback)

About the Book

Eagerly awaited by readers of Alf Mapp's best-selling Thomas Jefferson: A Strange Case of Mistaken Identity, this final volume follows Jefferson from his inauguration as President in 1801 to his death at the age of eighty-three on July 4, 1826.

Book Synopsis

Eagerly awaited by readers of Alf Mapp's best-selling Thomas Jefferson: A Strange Case of Mistaken Identity, this final volume follows Jefferson from his inauguration as President in 1801 to his death at the age of eighty-three on July 4, 1826.

Review Quotes

A fine sequel to the first volume, written with clarity and style . . . the conclusion of a most ambitious Jefferson biography.

A fresh interpretation. . . . No previous biography matches this one in depicting Jefferson's far-ranging and insatiable intellect, his sense of humor or the spiritual dimension of his thought.

Alf Mapp's second volume on Thomas Jefferson is even better than his first. This picture of Jefferson's life, character, and achievements from the time of his presidency until his death is brilliantly revealing and sharply etched. The catholicity of his genius and his astonishing accomplishments despite waning strength, physical ills and impending financial disaster are masterfully described.

An engrossing biography that pays full tribute to Jefferson's personal genius and political achievements.

About the Author

Alf J. Mapp, Jr. is Eminent Scholar Emeritus at Old Dominion University and an internationally recognized scholar on Thomas Jefferson. His numerous publications include Faiths of Our Fathers: What America's Founding Fathers Really Believed, The Virginia Experiment, and Thomas Jefferson: America's Paradoxical Patriot.