{"product_id":"thomas-jefferson-the-art-of-power-9781400067664","title":"Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power","description":"\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review - The Washington Post - Entertainment Weekly - The Seattle Times - St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Bloomberg Businessweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this magnificent biography, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Lion\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFranklin and Winston\u003c\/i\u003e brings vividly to life an extraordinary man and his remarkable times. \u003ci\u003eThomas Jefferson: The Art of Power\u003c\/i\u003e gives us Jefferson the politician and president, a great and complex human being forever engaged in the wars of his era. Philosophers think; politicians maneuver. Jefferson's genius was that he was both and could do both, often simultaneously. Such is the art of power. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Thomas Jefferson hated confrontation, and yet his understanding of power and of human nature enabled him to move men and to marshal ideas, to learn from his mistakes, and to prevail. Passionate about many things--women, his family, books, science, architecture, gardens, friends, Monticello, and Paris--Jefferson loved America most, and he strove over and over again, despite fierce opposition, to realize his vision: the creation, survival, and success of popular government in America. Jon Meacham lets us see Jefferson's world as Jefferson himself saw it, and to appreciate how Jefferson found the means to endure and win in the face of rife partisan division, economic uncertainty, and external threat. Drawing on archives in the United States, England, and France, as well as unpublished Jefferson presidential papers, Meacham presents Jefferson as the most successful political leader of the early republic, and perhaps in all of American history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The father of the ideal of individual liberty, of the Louisiana Purchase, of the Lewis and Clark expedition, and of the settling of the West, Jefferson recognized that the genius of humanity--and the genius of the new nation--lay in the possibility of progress, of discovering the undiscovered and seeking the unknown. From the writing of the Declaration of Independence to elegant dinners in Paris and in the President's House; from political maneuverings in the boardinghouses and legislative halls of Philadelphia and New York to the infant capital on the Potomac; from his complicated life at Monticello, his breathtaking house and plantation in Virginia, to the creation of the University of Virginia, Jefferson was central to the age. Here too is the personal Jefferson, a man of appetite, sensuality, and passion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Jefferson story resonates today not least because he led his nation through ferocious partisanship and cultural warfare amid economic change and external threats, and also because he embodies an eternal drama, the struggle of the leadership of a nation to achieve greatness in a difficult and confounding world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThomas Jefferson: The Art of Power\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"This is probably the best single-volume biography of Jefferson ever written.\"\u003cb\u003e--Gordon S. Wood\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A big, grand, absorbing exploration of not just Jefferson and his role in history but also Jefferson the man, humanized as never before.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" Meacham] captures who Jefferson was, not just as a statesman but as a man. . . . By the end of the book . . . the reader is likely to feel as if he is losing a dear friend. . . .  An] absorbing tale.\"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e--The Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This terrific book allows us to see the political genius of Thomas Jefferson better than we have ever seen it before. In these endlessly fascinating pages, Jefferson emerges with such vitality that it seems as if he might still be alive today.\"\u003cb\u003e--Doris Kearns Goodwin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/13\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400067664\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 800\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.45h x 6.57w x 1.66d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Indies Choice Book Awards - Honor Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/09\/2012 pg. 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2012 pg. 79\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/16\/2012 pg. 158\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2012 pg. 29\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2012 pg. 108\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/11\/2012 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/03\/2012 pg. 55\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/18\/2012 pg. 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNY Times Notable Bks of Year\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/02\/2012 pg. 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Best Nonfiction\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2012 pg. 27\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/04\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews Fall Preview\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2012 pg. 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist Editors Choice\/Adult\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2013 pg. 7\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jon Meacham","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36649410363548,"sku":"9781400067664","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_422781cf-c775-4ec9-b994-781e7c333993.jpg?v=1603872684","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/thomas-jefferson-the-art-of-power-9781400067664","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}