Jefferson, Thomas - Further Reading
FURTHER READING
BIOGRAPHIES
Cunningham, Noble E., Jr. In Pursuit of Reason: The Life of Thomas Jefferson. Baton Rouge and London: Louisiana State University Press, 1987, 414 p.
A comprehensive biography assessing Jefferson's life from his formative years to his final legacy.
Ellis, Joseph J. American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997, 365 p.
Examines some of the contradictions in Jefferson's life and character, including his status as an aristocratic slaveowner at the same time he was drafting his famous statement on human rights and equality.
Lehmann, Karl. Thomas Jefferson, American Humanist. New York: Macmillan, 1947, 273 p.
Discusses Jefferson as one of the greatest humanists of all time and as the most universal human being among his contemporaries, both American and European.
CRITICISM
Cohen, I. Bernard. “Science and...
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