Description: "Does Thomas Jefferson still matter?" ask two leading historians on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
Brief description: Peter S. Onuf is the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Professor Emeritus at the University of Virginia. He is the New York Times best-selling author or coauthor of fourteen books, including, with Annette Gordon-Reed, "Most Blessed of the Patriarchs." He lives in Connecticut and Maine.
Review Quotes: In this original, engaging, and essential work, Peter S. Onuf and Frank D. Cogliano brilliantly explore Thomas Jefferson's enduring yet ever-shifting significance for the complicated nation he did so much to found. As we commemorate 250 years of our grand experiment, we can do ourselves and our country no greater service than to contemplate Jefferson as he was then--and what he means for us now.--Jon Meacham, author of And There Was Light