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Thomas  Jefferson
U.S.  President  #3

Thomas Jefferson [1743-1826] portrait by Rembrandt Peale
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Chronology of Thomas Jefferson's Life
Thomas Jefferson entry at Wikipedia
article at Encyclopedia Americana

Links

Thomas Jefferson catalog at Amazon.com
browse T.Jefferson biographies at Amazon.com
browse 'Jefferson as Architect' at Amazon.com
Thomas Jefferson posters at AllPosters

GreatBuildings webpage
2000 Jefferson exhibit at Library of Congress

Thomas Jefferson Quotes Page at Working Minds


Books  About  Thomas  Jefferson

Jefferson's Women   "Mr. Jefferson's Women" [2007]  
by Jon Kukla

Knopf 9¼x6½ hardcover [10/2007] for $17.79
What Would Jefferson Do?   "What Would Jefferson Do?" [2004]
by Thom Hartmann

Three Rivers Press 8x5¼ pb [8/2005] for $11.20
Harmony 8¼x5¾ hardcover [7/2004] out of print/used
Mr. Jefferson's University   "Mr. Jefferson's University" [2002]
by Garry Wills

National Geographic hardcover [11/2002] for $14.00
American Sphinx   "American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson" [1997]
by Joseph J. Ellis

Vintage 8x5 pb [4/98] for $10.85
Knopf 9x6½ hardcover [2/97] for $19.77
Thomas Jefferson bio by WSR   "Thomas Jefferson: A Life" [1993]
by Willard Sterne Randall

Harper Perennial 8x5¼ pb [8/94] for $14.00
Henry Holt 9½x6½ hardcover [10/93] for $24.50
Lost World of Thomas Jefferson   "The Lost World of Thomas Jefferson" [1960]
by Daniel J. Boorstin

"a rich intellectual history of Jefferson's personal and political philosophy"
Univ of Chicago Press 8x5¼ pb [8/93] for $16.00
Thomas Jefferson bio by Nock   "Mr. Jefferson" [1926 classic] by Albert Jay Nock
"I know of no other book on Jefferson that penetrates so persuasively to the essential substance of the man." — H.L. Mencken [1880-1956]
Hallberg 8x5¾ pb [9/83] out of print/used
Harcourt, Brace hardcover [1926] out of print/rare

Movies  &  Plays  About  Thomas  Jefferson

Ken Burns Thomas Jefferson special   "Thomas Jefferson: A Film by Ken Burns" [PBS 1996]
Narration by Ossie Davis & Sam Waterston

PBS VHS [1/2002] for $22.48
Simitar VHS [1996] out of stock/used
PBS DVD [8/2001] for $25.49
full credits from IMDb

Jefferson In Paris   "Jefferson In Paris" [Merchant-Ivory March 1995]
Directed by James Ivory; starring Nick Nolte, Gwyneth Paltrow, Thandie Newton, Seth Gilliam & Greta Scacchi
Touchstone color VHS [3/95] out of stock/used
full credits from IMDb
1776 video   "1776" feature film [Columbia Nov 1972]
A musical version of the meetings in Philadelphia prior to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Directed by Peter H. Hunt; starring William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, Ken Howard & Blythe Danner
Col/TriStar color VHS [4/91] for $17.99
Col/TriStar color VHS [8/98] out of stock/used
Col/TriStar color DVD [7/2002] for $22.46
full credits from IMDb

1776 Broadway soundtrack   "1776" Broadway musical comedy [1969]
Music & lyrics by Sherman Edwards, book by Peter Stone

1997 Broadway cast: Richard Poe, Pat Hingle, Brent Spiner, Paul Michael Valley & Lauren Ward
credits at Internet Broadway Database
TVToons 1997 cast audio [12/97] for $10.43
TVToons 1997 cast audio CD [12/97] for $14.99
BP's "1776" play fansite
1969 Broadway cast: William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, Ken Howard & Betty Buckley
credits at Internet Broadway Database
Sony 1969 cast audio CD [5/92] for $14.99
DK's "1776" play fansite


Jefferson's  Writings

Jefferson Papers at Library of Congress
Univ of Virginia Archive
Jefferson's Rough Draft of the 'Declaration of Independence'
'Declaration of Independence' at U.S.N.A.R.A.
online text of 'The Jefferson Bible' [Engl/Span/German]

Library of America   "Thomas Jefferson: Writings" [1984]
Edited by Merrill D. Peterson

Library of America 8¼x5 hardcover [8/84] for $24.50
Declaration of Independence   "Jefferson's Declaration of Independence: Origins, Philosophy & Theology" [1998]
by Allen Jayne

Univ Press of KY 9x6 pb [12/2000] for $18.00
Univ Press of KY 9¼x6¼ hardcover [1/98] for $39.95
Inventing America   "Inventing America: Jefferson's Declaration of Independence" [1994]
by Garry Wills

Mariner pb [11/2002] for $10.50
Buccaneer hardcover [12/94] out of print/used

Monticello

official Monticello website

Monticello   "The Worlds of Thomas Jefferson at Monticello"
[1993] by Susan R. Stein

Harry N. Abrams pb [5/93] out of print/used
Harry N. Abrams hardcover [4/2002] for $45.50

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