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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Thomas Jefferson; Thomas Jefferson; Patrick Henry |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Michael Kranish |
| ISBN: | 9780195374629 0195374622 9780199837328 0199837325 |
| OCLC Number: | 320524730 |
| Description: | xii, 388 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Williamsburg -- Revolution -- Invasion -- Flight from Monticello. |
| Responsibility: | Michael Kranish. |
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<br>"No great figures are now without multiple biographies, so why not slice up their lives into smaller subjects? Since that seems to be the current way, we're lucky to have a serious slice like [Flight From Monticello]... Fluid prose makes the book readable; solid research makes it dependable." --Publishers Weekly<p><br>"Thomas Jefferson's wartime conduct as governor of Virginia haunted him down the decades, and Michael Kranish has now brought this critical episode in American history to vivid life. Anyone interested in the Revolutionary War, in Jefferson, or in the formation of political character will find Kranish's book both delightful and instructive."--Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Lion<p><br>"My admiration for Flight from Monticello knows no bounds. Michael Kranish, one of America's best reporters, draws a brilliant portrait of Thomas Jefferson in turmoil. His analysis of Jefferson's strategic blunders is pioneering. Only Dumas Malone equals Kranish in dissecting Jefferson the Virginian. Highly recommended!"--Douglas Brinkley, author of The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America, and The Great Deluge<p><br>"Michael Kranish has written a vivid and compelling account, with wonderful illustrative and often unfamiliar anecdotes, including descriptions of Benedict Arnold's wearing a British general's uniform and riding along the Duke of Gloucester Street in Williamsburg, and Jefferson's last-minute escape from Banastre Tarleton's troops. Flight from Monticello is an exciting account of a little-known but important chapter of revolutionary history."--Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy, director International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello, professor at the University of Virginia, fellow of the Royal Historical Society<p><br>"Flight From Monticello succeeds superbly well in opening a new window on Thomas Jefferson during the Revolution. In this period of his life, he proved to be an incompetent military lea Read more...
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- Jefferson, Thomas, -- 1743-1826.
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- Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783.
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1809.
- Governors -- Virginia -- Biography.
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