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Book Review


Thomas Jefferson. By R. B. Bernstein. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. xviii, 253 pp. $26.00, ISBN 0-19-516911-5.)
Thomas Jefferson in two hundred pages is no small feat, and R. B. Bernstein has accomplished it about as well as anybody could. As a starting point or introduction for students and general readers, this is the book about Jefferson that you may want to recommend. It does not assume great knowledge of the times, nor does it condescend too much to novice readers. Nearly error-free and written with uncommon grace and ease, it comes as close as anyone could reasonably expect to finding the proper space for public and private aspects of the man, for all his many interests and pursuits. Bernstein's book is also admirably balanced. . . .
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