American sphinx : the character of Thomas Jefferson / Joseph J. Ellis.
Author: Ellis, Joseph J.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.
ISBN: 0679444904 (alk. paper)
9780679444909 (alk. paper)
Description: xiv, 365 p. ; 25 cm.
Subject: Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 Psychology.
Notes: National Book Award for Nonficiton, 1997.
Contents: Jeffersonian surge : America, 1992-93 -- Philadelphia : 1775-76 -- Paris : 1784-89 -- Monticello : 1794-97 -- Washington, D.C. : 1801-04 -- Monticello : 1816-26 -- The future of an illusion.