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035			_a(OCoLC)1343155954 _z(OCoLC)1295807119 _z(OCoLC)1296086137 _z(OCoLC)1296116521 _z(OCoLC)1351592504
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100	1		_aKaplan, Fred, _d1937- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aHis masterly pen : _ba biography of Jefferson the writer / _cFred Kaplan.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bHarperCollins Publishers, _c2022
264		4	_c©2022
300			_axiv, 657 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 597-636) and index.
505	0		_aMy watch had lost its speech, 1743-1765 -- Building houses, 1765-1773 -- Our great grievances, 1773-1776 -- We hold these truths, 1774-1776 -- An angel in the whirlwind, 1776-1781 -- Unmeasurable loss, 1781-1782 -- Perpetual gratitude, 1783-1786 -- Getting into a scrape, 1786-1787 -- The eloquence pf debt, 1786-1788 -- His masterly pen, 1787-1789 -- The stage of public life, 1789-1794 -- The chains of the constitution, 1794-1801 -- The fugitive occurrence, 1801-1805 -- The ladies of Williamsburg, 1805-1809 -- Sowing the wind, 1809-1826.
520			_a"In this unique biography, Fred Kaplan emphasizes Thomas Jefferson's genius with language and his ability to use the power of words to inspire and shape a nation. A man renowned for many talents, writing was one of the major activities of the stateman's life, though much of his best, most influential writing--with the exception of the letters he wrote up to his death, numbering approximately 100,000--was done by 1789, when Jefferson was just forty-six. All of his works--from his earliest correspondence; his essays and proclamations, including A Summary View of British America, The Declaration of Independence, and Notes on the State of Virginia; his religious and scientific writings; his inaugural addresses; his addresses to Indian nations; and his exchanges with Washington, Madison, Hamilton, John and Abigail Adams, and dear friends such as Maria Cosway--demonstrate his remarkable intelligence, prescient wisdom, and literary flair and reveal the man in all his complex and controversial brilliance. In His Masterly Pen, readers will find a new appreciation of Jefferson as a whole, of his strengths and weaknesses, and particularly of the degree to which his writing skills--which James Madison admired as "the shining traces of his pen"--are key to his personality and public career. Though Jefferson could wield his pen with unrivaled power, he was also a master of using words to both reveal and conceal from others and himself the complications, the inconsistencies, and the contradictions between his principles and his policies, between his head and his heart, and between his optimistic view of human nature and the realities of his personal situation and the world he lived in."-- _cProvided by publisher
600	1	0	_aJefferson, Thomas, _d1743-1826 _xAuthorship _xCriticism and interpretation.
650		0	_aAuthorship _xCriticism and interpretation.
655		7	_aBiographies _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01919896
655		7	_aBiographies _2lcgft
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