Jon Kukla, Author . Knopf $30 (448p) ISBN 978-0-375-40812-0
Until a better one comes along, which is unlikely, this is now the book to read of the growing crop of works on the Louisiana Purchase in this bicentennial year. It differs from Charles Cerami's bracing Jefferson's Great Gamble
(Forecasts,...
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Jon Kukla, Author . Knopf $26.95 (279p) ISBN 978-1-4000-4324-8
This highly insightful study by Kukla (A Wilderness So Immense
), director of the Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation, investigates Thomas Jefferson's relationships with women, from Elizabeth Moore Walker, the married neighbor with whom Jefferson
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Jon Kukla. Simon & Schuster, $35 (560p) ISBN 978-1-4391-9081-4
In this lively biography, Kukla (Mr. Jefferson’s Women), former director of Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial, recovers Patrick Henry’s foundational role in shaping the American independence movement and, ultimately, the young republic itself.
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