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OverviewDumas Malone's classic six-volume biography Jefferson and His Time was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in history and became the standard work on Jefferson's life. Volume 3. Jefferson and the Ordeal of Liberty Beginning with Jefferson's final year of service as secretary of state in Washington's cabinet, this volume takes on one of the most significant and controversial years in Jefferson's life and indeed in modern Western history, while also exploring Jefferson's retirement to Monticello, his decision to lead the opposition party, and his own election as president in 1801. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dumas MalonePublisher: University of Virginia Press Imprint: University of Virginia Press Volume: 03 Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.903kg ISBN: 9780813923635ISBN 10: 0813923638 Pages: 545 Publication Date: 30 October 2009 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: No Longer Our Product Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsReviewsNot only has Mr. Malone mastered the vast body of Jefferson's correspondence and the writings of his contemporaries, but he has fully explored the wealth of monographic material devoted to this epoch.... Throughout the book there is a sense of proportion and balance which might well be called classic. --Harry Ammon Virginia Magazine Not only has Mr. Malone mastered the vast body of Jefferson's correspondence and the writings of his contemporaries, but he has fully explored the wealth of monographic material devoted to this epoch.... Throughout the book there is a sense of proportion and balance which might well be called classic.--Harry Ammon Virginia Magazine <p>Not only has Mr. Malone mastered the vast body of Jefferson'scorrespondence and the writings of his contemporaries, but he has fully explored thewealth of monographic material devoted to this epoch.... Throughout the book thereis a sense of proportion and balance which might well be calledclassic.--Harry Ammon Virginia Magazine Author InformationDumas Malone, 1892-1986, spent thirty-eight years researching and writing Jefferson and His Time. In 1975 he received the Pulitzer Prize in history for the first five volumes. From 1923 to 1929 he taught at the University of Virginia; he left there to join the Dictionary of American Biography, bringing that work to completion as editor-in-chief. Subsequently, he served for seven years as director of the Harvard University Press. After serving on the faculties of Yale and Columbia, Malone retired to the University of Virginia in 1959 as the Jefferson Foundation Professor of History, a position he held until his retirement in 1962. He remained at the university as biographer-in-residence and finished his Jefferson biography at the University of Virginia, where it was begun. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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