Music in the Life of Thomas Jefferson
One of our greatest founding statesmen, Thomas Jefferson was just as remarkable for the breadth of his interests outside of politics. This American “Renaissance man” (and he…
One of our greatest founding statesmen, Thomas Jefferson was just as remarkable for the breadth of his interests outside of politics. This American “Renaissance man” (and he…
Jefferson, of course, was the President who praised the French Revolution, even apologizing for its murderous Reign of Terror. He was the public opponent of slavery, whose…
When I was a kid, I can remember my dad taking me to the local library. There he assisted me with one of the most rueful grade…
Madison and Jefferson. Andrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg. New York: Random House, 2010. Burstein and Isenberg have written a fascinating–well, what shall we call it? A…