Thomas Jefferson: Author of America

Thomas Jefferson: Author of America
Cover of the first edition
Author	Christopher Hitchens
Country	United States
Language	English
Subject	Thomas Jefferson
Publisher	Harper Collins
Publication date	2005
Media type	Print (hardcover and paperback)
Pages	188
ISBN	0-06-059896-4
OCLC	60525341
Dewey Decimal	973.4/6092 B 22
LC Class	E332 .H66 2005b

Thomas Jefferson: Author of America is a short biography of Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States (1801–09) and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), by author, journalist and literary critic Christopher Hitchens.

It was released as a part of Harper Collins' Eminent Lives series of "brief biographies by distinguished authors on canonical figures."^[1]^[2]

References

↑ Hitchens, Christopher (2005). Thomas Jefferson: Author of America. Harper Collins. ISBN 0-06-059896-4.
↑ http://www.harpercollins.com/search/index.aspx?kw=eminent%20lives

Thomas Jefferson

3rd President of the United States (1801–1809) 2nd U.S. Vice President (1797–1801) 1st U.S. Secretary of State (1790–1793) U.S. Minister to France (1785–1789) 2nd Governor of Virginia (1779–1781) Delegate, Second Continental Congress (1775–1776)

Founding documents of the United States	A Summary View of the Rights of British America (1774) Initial draft, Olive Branch Petition (1775) Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms (1775) 1776 Declaration of Independence Committee of Five authored physical history "All men are created equal" "Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness" "Consent of the governed" 1786 Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom freedom of religion

French Revolution	Co-author, Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789)

Presidency	Inaugural Address (1801 1805) Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves Louisiana Purchase Lewis and Clark Expedition Corps of Discovery timeline Empire of Liberty Red River Expedition Pike Expedition Cumberland Road Embargo Act of 1807 Chesapeake–Leopard Affair Non-Intercourse Act of 1809 First Barbary War Indian policy Marbury v. Madison West Point Military Academy State of the Union Addresses (texts 1801 1802 1805) Cabinet Federal judicial appointments

Other noted accomplishments	Early life and career Founder, University of Virginia history Land Ordinance of 1784 Northwest Ordinance 1787 Anti-Administration party Democratic-Republican Party Jeffersonian democracy First Party System republicanism Plan for Establishing Uniformity in the Coinage, Weights, and Measure of the United States (1790) Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions Manual of Parliamentary Practice (1801)

Jeffersonian architecture	Barboursville Farmington Monticello gardens Poplar Forest University of Virginia The Rotunda The Lawn Virginia State Capitol White House Colonnades

Other writings	Notes on the State of Virginia (1785) 1787 European journey memorandums Indian removal letters Jefferson Bible (1895) Jefferson manuscript collection at the Massachusetts Historical Society

Related	Age of Enlightenment American Enlightenment American Philosophical Society American Revolution patriots Member, Virginia Committee of Correspondence Committee of the States Founding Fathers of the United States Franco-American alliance Jefferson and education Religious views Jefferson and slavery Jefferson and the Library of Congress Jefferson disk Jefferson Pier Pet mockingbird National Gazette Residence Act Compromise of 1790 Sally Hemings Jefferson–Hemings controversy Betty Hemings Separation of church and state Swivel chair The American Museum magazine Virginia dynasty

Elections	United States Presidential election 1796 1800 1804

Legacy	Bibliography Jefferson Memorial Mount Rushmore Birthday Thomas Jefferson Building Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression Jefferson Lecture Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Thomas Jefferson Star for Foreign Service Jefferson Lab Monticello Association Jefferson City, Missouri Jefferson College Thomas Jefferson University Washington and Jefferson National Forests Other placenames Currency depictions Jefferson nickel Two-dollar bill U.S. postage stamps

Popular culture	Ben and Me (1953 short) 1776 (1969 musical 1972 film) Jefferson in Paris (1995 film) Thomas Jefferson (1997 film) Liberty! (1997 documentary series) Liberty's Kids (2002 animated series) John Adams (2008 miniseries) Jefferson's Garden (2015 play) Jefferson–Eppes Trophy Wine bottles controversy

Family	Peter Jefferson (father) Jane Randolph Jefferson (mother) Lucy Jefferson Lewis (sister) Randolph Jefferson (brother) Isham Randolph (grandfather) William Randolph (great-grandfather) Martha Jefferson (wife) Martha Jefferson Randolph (daughter) Mary Jefferson Eppes (daughter) Harriet Hemings (daughter) Madison Hemings (son) Eston Hemings (son) Thomas J. Randolph (grandson) Francis Eppes (grandson) George W. Randolph (grandson) John Wayles Jefferson (grandson) Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr. (son-in-law) John Wayles Eppes (son-in-law) John Wayles (father-in-law) Dabney Carr (brother-in-law) Dabney Carr (nephew)

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Christopher Hitchens

Beliefs	Political views

Works authored	The Missionary Position Letters to a Young Contrarian No One Left to Lie To The Trial of Henry Kissinger Why Orwell Matters A Long Short War: The Postponed Liberation of Iraq Love, Poverty, and War: Journeys and Essays Thomas Jefferson: Author of America Thomas Paine's "Rights of Man": A Biography God Is Not Great Hitch-22: A Memoir Arguably: Essays Mortality

Works edited	Blaming the Victims (with Edward Said) The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Non-Believer

Other	Christopher Hitchens bibliography 57901 Hitchens Hell's Angel The Trials of Henry Kissinger Peter Hitchens

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