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1) Light and liberty: reflections on the pursuit of happiness

Author

Jefferson, Thomas

Publisher

Modern Library

Pub. Date

2004

Physical Desc

xiii, 154 p. ; 21 cm.

2) The Jefferson Bible: the life and morals of Jesus of Nazareth, extracted textually from the Gospels in Greek, Latin, French & English

Author

Jefferson, Thomas

Publisher

Smithsonian Books

Pub. Date

c2011

Physical Desc

47 p., 84 leaves : col. ill., maps ; 21 cm.

Description

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Contains the chronicles of Jesus from the New Testament, selected and arranged from the original text by President Jefferson himself.

3) Writings

Author

Jefferson, Thomas

Series

Library of America volume 17

Publisher

Literary Classics of the U.S

Pub. Date

c1984.

Physical Desc

1600 p. : map ; 21 cm.

4) Basic writings of Thomas Jefferson

Author

Jefferson, Thomas

Publisher

Wiley

Pub. Date

1944

Physical Desc

816 p. : ill., facsims.

5) The best presidential writing: from 1789 to the present

Publisher

Avid Reader Press

Pub. Date

2020.

Physical Desc

xxii, 485 pages ; 25 cm

Description

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A wide-ranging treasury of presidential writings is comprised of history-shaping and lesser-known speeches, excerpts, and personal notes, from Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and FDR's "Infamy" speech to JFK's "Profiles in Courage" and Barack Obama's "Dreams of My Father."

6) Thomas Jefferson's feast

Author

Murphy, Frank

Series

Step into reading. Step 4 book

Publisher

Random House

Pub. Date

2003

Physical Desc

48 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.

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Tells of Thomas Jefferson's trip to France in 1784, and all the exotic foods he learned about and then introduced to America, including ice cream, macaroni and cheese, and tomatoes.

7) Worst of friends: Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and the true story of an American feud

Author

Jurmain, Suzanne

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

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John Adams and Thomas Jefferson put aside their differences in the name of friendship.

8) Thomas Jefferson

Author

Ching, Jacqueline

Series

DK biography

Publisher

Dk Publishing

Pub. Date

c2009

Physical Desc

128 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 21 cm.

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Biography of the life story of Thomas Jefferson from his early education to his work in France, his time in the White House, to his retirement in Virginia.

9) Thomas Jefferson: life, liberty and the pursuit of everything

Author

Kalman, Maira

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

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An introduction to the achievements of the third president also explores his lesser-known contributions as an architect, naturalist, diplomat and archaeologist while revealing his vegetarian diet and his founding of the Library of Congress.

10) Thomas Jefferson's crème brûlée: how a Founding Father and his slave James Hemings introduced French cuisine to America

Author

Craughwell, Thomas J

Publisher

Quirk Books

Pub. Date

2012

Physical Desc

233 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

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In 1784, Thomas Jefferson struck a deal with one of his slaves, James Hemings. The founding father was traveling to Paris and wanted to bring James along to master the art of French cooking. In exchange for James's cooperation, Jefferson would grant his freedom. Thus began one of the strangest partnerships in United States history. As Hemings apprenticed under master French chefs, Jefferson studied the cultivation of French crops so they might be...

11) Thomas Jefferson's Monticello

Publisher

Thomas Jefferson Foundation

Pub. Date

c2002

Physical Desc

xxi, 218 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

12) Jefferson's Monticello

Author

Adams, William Howard

Publisher

Abbeville Press

Pub. Date

c1983

Physical Desc

x, 276 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

13) The road to Monticello: the life and mind of Thomas Jefferson

Author

Hayes, Kevin J

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Pub. Date

2008

Physical Desc

viii, 738 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Description

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Provides an invaluable look at Thomas Jefferson's intellectual and literary life, focusing on the books and ideas that exerted the most profound influence on him, including "Aesop's Fables," "Robinson Crusoe," and works by the great writers of classical antiquity.

14) The president's daughter

Author

Chase-Riboud, Barbara

Series

Sally Hemings series volume 2

Publisher

Crown Publishers

Pub. Date

c1994

Physical Desc

467 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

15) Thomas Jefferson: a picture book biography

Author

Giblin, James Cross

Publisher

Scholastic

Pub. Date

c1994

Physical Desc

48 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.

16) A picture book of Thomas Jefferson

Author

Adler, David A

Series

Picture book biography

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

c1990

Physical Desc

[32] p. : col. ill. ; 21 X 24 cm.

17) Undaunted courage

Author

Ambrose, Stephen

Publisher

Simon & Schuster

Pub. Date

1996

Physical Desc

20 CDs (22 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

18) Thomas Jefferson

Author

Harness, Cheryl

Publisher

National Geographic

Pub. Date

c2004

Physical Desc

43 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 29 cm.

Description

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Examines the life and times of the multifaceted man who wrote the Declaration of Independence and later became the third president of the United States.

19) Bones in the White House

Author

Ransom, Candice F

Publisher

Doubleday

Pub. Date

[2020]

Physical Desc

40 pages

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"The story of President Thomas Jefferson's quest to locate and assemble the first full mastodon skeleton in American history."--

20) Thomas Jefferson and the mammoth hunt: the true story of the quest for America's biggest bones

Author

Clickard, Carrie

Publisher

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Pub. Date

[2019]

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Description

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"This rhyming non-fiction picture book tells about Thomas Jefferson's quest to find a woolly mammoth to disprove French Count Buffon's assertion that the animals of the New World are weak"--

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1) Light and liberty: reflections on the pursuit of happiness

2) The Jefferson Bible: the life and morals of Jesus of Nazareth, extracted textually from the Gospels in Greek, Latin, French & English

3) Writings

4) Basic writings of Thomas Jefferson

5) The best presidential writing: from 1789 to the present

6) Thomas Jefferson's feast

7) Worst of friends: Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and the true story of an American feud

8) Thomas Jefferson

9) Thomas Jefferson: life, liberty and the pursuit of everything

10) Thomas Jefferson's crème brûlée: how a Founding Father and his slave James Hemings introduced French cuisine to America

11) Thomas Jefferson's Monticello

12) Jefferson's Monticello

13) The road to Monticello: the life and mind of Thomas Jefferson

14) The president's daughter

15) Thomas Jefferson: a picture book biography

16) A picture book of Thomas Jefferson

17) Undaunted courage

18) Thomas Jefferson

19) Bones in the White House

20) Thomas Jefferson and the mammoth hunt: the true story of the quest for America's biggest bones

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