Book Review: Thomas Jefferson, The Art of Power

Ever since his death on July 4th, 1826 (50 years to the day after the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, I might add), subsequent generations of Americans have appropriated the life and legacy of Thomas Jefferson in order to advance agendas and justify arguments.

Aaron KillianOctober 22, 2014Thomas Jefferson, John Meacham, Monticello, Louisiana Purchase, Alien and Sedition Acts, Joseph Ellis, Thomas Jefferson and the Art of PowerComment

Book Review: The Hemingses of Monticello

Heavy handed and overly long, Annette Gordon Reed's Pulitzer Prize winning, The Hemingses of Monticello, is a chore to read - which is probably why it won the Pulitzer Prize in the first place.

Aaron KillianOctober 15, 2014Annette Gordon Reed, Hemingses of Monticello, Thomas Jefferson, Monticello, Sally HemingsComment