Thomas Jefferson, Champion of the People (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Clara Ingram Judson
- First Published: 1952
- Time of Work: 1750–1826
- Setting: Virginia, France, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C.
- Principal Characters: Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, James Madison, Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson, Martha Jefferson Randolph, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Dabney Carr, Peter Jefferson
- Genres: Nonfiction, Children’s literature, Biography
- Subjects: Family or family life, Intellectuals, Politics, Authors or writers, Books, American Revolution, Agriculture, Presidents, Biography, Inventions or inventors
- Locales: Virginia, France, Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania
Form and Content
In Thomas Jefferson, Champion of the People, Clara Ingram Judson has presented the biography of an American president as well as a history of the United States during his lifetime. Because of Jefferson’s dramatic and critical impact on the United States, it is necessary to view him against this historical background. The story is presented in eighteen descriptively titled chapters and is attractively illustrated with one full-color portrait and numerous pen-and-ink drawings by Robert Frankenberg. The decorative endpapers help to show the relationship...
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