Flight from Monticello: Thomas Jefferson at War

Title: Flight from Monticello: Thomas Jefferson at War Author: Michael Kranish ISBN: 9780195374629 Publisher: Oxford University Press Published: 2010 Binding: Hardcover Language: English Condition: Used: Near Fine F 1639814 Publisher Description: When Thomas Jefferson wrote his epitaph, he listed as his accomplishments his authorship of the Declaration of Independence and the Virginia statute of religious freedom, and his founding of the University of Virginia. He did not mention his presidency or that he was second governor of the state of Virginia, in the most trying hours of the Revolution. Dumas Malone, author of the epic six-volume biography, wrote that the events of this time explain Jefferson's "character as a man of action in a serious emergency." Joseph Ellis, author of American Sphinx, focuses on other parts of Jefferson's life but wrote that his actions as governor "toughene