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Jefferson and the Rights of Man

by Dumas Malone · 1951

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The second volume in this Pulitzer Prize-winning biography tells the story of the eventful middle years in the life of Thomas Jefferson: his ministry to France in the years just before the French Revolution and during the early stages of that conflict; his service as secretary of state in President George Washington's first cabinet; the crucial period of his first differences with Alexander Hamilton and the beginnings of his long struggle with the Federalists. .

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Georgian and 18th centuryGeorgian and 18th centuryMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of this
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18th century18th centuryMore like thisLess of thisFrench RevolutionFrench RevolutionMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of thisFranceFranceMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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long · 523 pages

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