He named a list of the seven best books by U.S. presidents, including:The Life and Selected Writings of Thomas Jefferson, edited by Adrienne Koch and William PedenRead about the other books on the list.
A treasure for lovers of American history as well as aficionados of Augustan prose, this is a superb combination of both personal writings (biographical sketches and more than 200 letters) as well as public papers including his two inaugural addresses and both the original and revised versions of the Declaration of Independence. The best one-volume Jefferson available.
--Marshal Zeringue
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