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Free Download G. S. Wilson, "Jefferson on Display: Attire, Etiquette, and the Art of Presentation "
English | ISBN: 0813941296 | 2018 | 308 pages | PDF | 98 MB
When we think of Thomas Jefferson, a certain picture comes to mind for some of us, combining his physical appearance with our perception of his character. During Jefferson’s lifetime this image was already taking shape, helped along by his own assiduous cultivation. In Jefferson on Display, G. S. Wilson draws on a broad array of sources to show how Jefferson fashioned his public persona to promote his political agenda. During his long career, his image shifted from cosmopolitan intellectual to man of the people. As president he kept friends and foes guessing: he might appear unpredictably in old, worn, and out-of-date clothing with hair unkempt, yet he could as easily play the polished gentleman in a black suit, as he hosted small dinners in the President’s House that were noted for their French-inspired food and fine European wines. Even in retirement his image continued to evolve, as guests at Monticello reported being met by the Sage clothed in rough fabrics that he proudly claimed were created from his own merino sheep, leading Americans by example to manufacture their own clothing, free of Europe.

Free Download Richard Zacks, "The Pirate Coast: Thomas Jefferson, the First Marines, and the Secret Mission of 1805"
English | 2006 | ISBN: 140130849X | PDF | pages: 457 | 10.9 mb
A real-life thriller – the true story of the unheralded American who brought the Barbary Pirates to their knees.

Free Download A Revolutionary Friendship: Washington, Jefferson, and the American Republic (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0D6WKLRNR | 2024 | 15 hours and 32 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 448 MB
Author: Francis D. Cogliano
Narrator: Paul Boehmer
Martha Washington’s worst memory was the death of her husband. Her second worst was Thomas Jefferson’s awkward visit to pay his respects. Indeed, by the time George Washington died in 1799, the two founders were estranged. But that estrangement has obscured the fact that for most of their thirty-year acquaintance they enjoyed a productive relationship. Precisely because they shared so much, their disagreements have something important to teach us. Whereas Washington believed in the rule of traditional elites like the Virginia gentry, Jefferson preferred what we would call a meritocratic approach, by which elites would be elected on the basis of education and skills.

Free Download Thomas S. Kidd, "Thomas Jefferson: A Biography of Spirit and Flesh"
English | ISBN: 0300250061 | 2022 | 320 pages | PDF | 4 MB
A revelatory new biography of Thomas Jefferson, focusing on his ethical and spiritual life

Free Download Maurizio Valsania, "Jefferson’s Body: A Corporeal Biography"
English | 2017 | ISBN: 0813939704 | EPUB | pages: 280 | 3.4 mb
What did Thomas Jefferson look like? How did he carry himself? Such questions, reasonable to ask as we look back on a person who lived in an era before photography, are the starting point for this boldly original new work. Maurizio Valsania considers all aspects of Jefferson’s complex conception of "the body," from eighteenth-century clothing and fashion to manners, adornment, posture, gesture, and visual and material culture. Drawing also from the fields of medical science, psychology, and cultural anthropology, the author conjures a vivid and detailed re-creation of the third president as a living, breathing―and pondering―human being.

Free Download Humboldt and Jefferson: A Transatlantic Friendship of the Enlightenment by Sandra Rebok
English | May 5, 2014 | ISBN: 0813935695, 0813951593 | True EPUB | 232 pages | 1.3 MB
Humboldt and Jefferson explores the relationship between two fascinating personalities: the Prussian explorer, scientist, and geographer Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) and the American statesman, architect, and naturalist Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826). In the wake of his famous expedition through the Spanish colonies in the spring of 1804, Humboldt visited the United States, where he met several times with then-president Jefferson. A warm and fruitful friendship resulted, and the two men corresponded a good deal over the years, speculating together on topics of mutual interest, including natural history, geography, and the formation of an international scientific network. Living in revolutionary societies, both were deeply concerned with the human condition, and each vested hope in the new American nation as a possible answer to many of the deficiencies characterizing European societies at the time.

Free Download Carol Turner, "Notorious Jefferson County: Frontier Murder & Mayhem"
English | 2010 | pages: 130 | ISBN: 1540224252, 1596299541 | EPUB | 1,8 mb
Before the Colorado Territory, this land was Jefferson Territory. Made up mostly of ranching and farming communities, early Jefferson County was the kind of place where only the stouthearted and downright crazy could survive. And with any settlement comes violence. It’s true that Hollywood has embellished the history of the Wild West, but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t truly wild. From the "psychic" Italian mother who lured an elderly woman to her death to the violent end of the McQueary-Shaffer feud in the upper Platte region, local historian Carol Turner’s Notorious Jefferson County offers readers a peek into some of the area’s most famous and infamous murder cases of the frontier era.

Free Download Jefferson’s war: America’s first war on terror 1801-1805 By Joseph Wheelan
2003 | 336 Pages | ISBN: 0786712325 | EPUB | 4 MB
Two centuries ago, the ostensibly pacifist president Thomas Jefferson launched America’s first war on foreign soil-a war against terror. The enemy was Muslim; the war was waged unconventionally, with commandos, native troops, encrypted intelligence, and foreign bases under short-term alliances. For nearly two hundred years, Barbary pirates had haunted the Mediterranean, enslaving infidels and extorting millions of dollars from European countries in a holy war against Christendom. Newly independent, American ships became a target of piracy. Instead of paying tribute, after his inauguration Jefferson chose to fight. With telling illustrations, Jefferson’s War traces the events surrounding his resolute belief that peace with the Barbary States, and the attainment of Europe’s respect, could be gained only through the "medium of war." Jefferson ordered the new U.S. Navy to Tripoli in 1801, starting the Barbary War that ended in 1805. The war proved that ship-for-ship the U.S. Navy was the equal of any navy afloat. William Eaton’s bold frontal assault on Derna with a fractious army of Arabs, disaffected Tripolitans, European mercenaries, and eight U.S. Marines punctuated the American victory as the marines ran up the Stars and Stripes over the city-the first flag-raising on hostile shores by U.S. troops.

Free Download Jefferson and Hamilton: The Rivalry That Forged a Nation By John Ferling
2013 | 464 Pages | ISBN: 1608195287 | EPUB | 6 MB
From the award-winning author of Almost a Miracle and The Ascent of George Washington, this is the rare work of scholarship that offers us irresistible human drama even as it enriches our understanding of deep themes in our nation’s history. The decade of the 1790s has been called the "age of passion." Fervor ran high as rival factions battled over the course of the new republic-each side convinced that the other’s goals would betray the legacy of the Revolution so recently fought and so dearly won. All understood as well that what was at stake was not a moment’s political advantage, but the future course of the American experiment in democracy. In this epochal debate, no two figures loomed larger than Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton. Both men were visionaries, but their visions of what the United States should be were diametrically opposed. Jefferson, a true revolutionary, believed passionately in individual liberty and a more egalitarian society, with a weak central government and greater powers for the states. Hamilton, a brilliant organizer and tactician, feared chaos and social disorder. He sought to build a powerful national government that could ensure the young nation’s security and drive it toward economic greatness. Jefferson and Hamilton is the story of the fierce struggle-both public and, ultimately, bitterly personal-between these two titans. It ended only with the death of Hamilton in a pistol duel, felled by Aaron Burr, Jefferson’s vice president. Their competing legacies, like the twin strands of DNA, continue to shape our country to this day. Their personalities, their passions, and their bold dreams for America leap from the page in this epic new work from one of our finest historians.

Free Download Joyce Appleby, Arthur M. Schlesinger, "Thomas Jefferson: The American Presidents Series: The 3rd President, 1801-1809"
English | 2003 | ISBN: 0805069240 | EPUB | pages: 184 | 2.0 mb
An illuminating analysis of the man whose name is synonymous with American democracy