Thomas Jefferson: Draftsman of a Nation

2007

Bober, Natalie S. Thomas Jefferson: Draftsman of a Nation. 2007

Biography of the life and works of Thomas Jefferson intended for a juvenile/young adult audience. Addresses such issues as how the author of the Declaration of Independence could participate in a society dependent upon slavery. Portrays Jefferson as distinguished by his often contradictory nature, but also by his optimism, his curiosity, and his exceptional sense of his own place in history.