Thomas Jefferson, Passionate Pilgrim; The Presidency, The Founding of the University and The Private Battle
Lanham, MD: Madison Books, 1991. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Format is approximately 7 inches by 9.5 inches. xvi, 445, [3] pages. Endpaper illustration. Frontis illustration. Illustrations. Notes, Bibliography. Index. DJ has slight wear and soiling. After attending The College of William and Mary as a Grayson Scholar, Mapp became editorial page editor of the Portsmouth Star in the 1940s. In the early 1950s, he became an assistant editor for The Virginian-Pilot. He taught British and American literature, journalism, creative writing and Virginia history until 1992, starting out as a lecturer and retiring as Eminent Scholar Emeritus of English. While a journalist and professor, he wrote most of his life. His first book, "The Virginia Experiment," was published in 1957. His other books include: "Frock Coats and Epaulets"; "America Creates Its Own Literature"; "Just One Man"; "The Golden Dragon" ; "Thomas Jefferson: A Strange Case of Mistaken Identity"; "Thomas Jefferson: Passionate Pilgrim"; "Bed of Honor"; "Three Golden Ages"; and "Faiths of our Fathers" Derived from a Kirkus review: Professor Mapp offers a graceful, admiring assessment of the great democrat as President and as the aged but still intellectually vital ``Sage of Monticello.'' Jefferson eased people's fears about the radical tendencies of his Democratic-Republican Party. Mapp takes sharp issue with such Jefferson critics as Henry Adams, who depicted the Virginian as both a hypocrite who violated his principles and as a pacifist who left the nation woefully unprepared for the War of 1812. Mapp sees Jefferson as an activist, visionary chief executive who used his authority to order military action against the Barbary pirates, advance judicial reform, double the size of the nation through the Louisiana Purchase, and institute an embargo that kept peace with Great Britain while the US built up its navy. Stepping down in 1809, Jefferson battled debt, legal and family problems, and physical deterioration to shepherd the Univ. of Virginia from an innovative concept into actual physical existence. Condition: Very good / Very good.
Keywords: Thomas Jefferson, U.S. Presidents, Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark, Exploration, National Defense, John Marshall, University of Virginia, John Adams, Aaron Burr, Joseph Cabell, Federalists, James Madison, Monticello, James WIlkinson, Yrujo
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