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Visitors to Monticello
Many visitors over the generations have recorded their impressions of Monticello and its creator. These writings, especialy those from Jefferson's lifetime, preserve important …
The Jefferson Image in the American Mind
This text, first published in 1960, presents a study of Thomas Jefferson's posthumous reputation, and its influence on American imagination and political thought from the 1820s to …
Jefferson the Virginian
Dumas Malone's classic six-volume biography Jefferson and His Time was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in history and became the standard work on Jefferson's life.Volume 1. Jefferson …
Thomas Jefferson and the New Nation
The definitive life of Jefferson in one volume, this biography relates Jefferson's private life and thought to his prominent public position and reveals the rich complexity of his …
Olive Branch and Sword
Dominated by the personalities of three towering figures of the nation's middle period - Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, and President Andrew Jackson - Olive Branch and Sword: The …
We Cannot Escape History
A classic collection examining Lincoln's commitment to preserving a union, free of slavery A who's who of Lincoln scholars explores why Lincoln considered the Union the "last best …
Adams and Jefferson
Adams and Jefferson: A Revolutionary Dialogue documents the public lives and personal friendship of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, from their first meeting as delegates to the …
Lincoln in American Memory
In tracing the changing image of Lincoln through time, this wide-ranging account offers insight into the evolution and struggles of American politics and society.
John Brown
This work traces the legend of John Brown from his own era to the present day. The narrative flows between a discussion of the events of Brown's life and the dramatization of the …
Democracy, Liberty & Property
In one volume, "Democracy, Liberty & Property" provides an overview of the state constitutional conventions held in the 1820s. With topics as relevant today as they were then, this …
The Great Triumvirate
This is a joint biography of Daniel Webster, Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun, the most prominent of the second generation of American statesmen, from 1812 until 1850. It is at the …