A shrewd, spirited biography of our third president--one that abstains from both Jefferons worship and Jefferson bashing--American Sphinx shows readers the protean personality, the deep deviousness, the multiple voices that lent themselves so brilliantly to Jefferson's political career.
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A shrewd, spirited biography of our third president--one that abstains from both Jefferons worship and Jefferson bashing--American Sphinx shows readers the protean personality, the deep deviousness, the multiple voices that lent themselves so brilliantly to Jefferson's political career.
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Joseph J Ellis' consideration of Jefferson's character-not strictly a biography- is elegantly written and provides a wealth of context to a reader interested in one of our most complex founding fathers.
courtneyinatlanta
Aug 26, 2010
A bit presumptuous
In continuing with my reading biographies of the founding fathers, I picked up this one about Thomas Jefferson. It's not a straight biography in the sense that it goes through his life chronologically, but rather the author spends a lot of time examining the character of Jefferson. I think he presumed to know a lot more than Jefferson's writings left; in other words, he makes some real leaps in logic that I'm not sure I buy. It's all just a little presumptuous.
