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Burstein, Andrew The Inner Jefferson: Portrait of a Grieving Optimist
Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A. Univ of Virginia Pr 1995 0813916186 / 9780813916187 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good + Fine
Stated First Printing - Several pages have highlighting and/or underlining - Else, like-new - No tears - Tight spine - 334 pages - Andrew Burstein's The Inner Jefferson: Portrait of a Grieving Optimist at last demystifies the Jefferson of American legend and recovers the eighteenth-century man of sentiment Thomas Jefferson actually was. Burstein confronts widespread misunderstandings about Jefferson's romantic life and provides insight into the contradictions that still surround our third president. He shows Jefferson to have been a man of substance and character, yet possessed of a mean streak, alternately strong and frail, convivial and reclusive, ordinary and extraordinary. Burstein contends that the key to understanding Jefferson's consciousness lies in interpreting the passion expressed in intimate correspondence. Examining seven decades of letters and private accounts, Burstein shows us how Jefferson responded to what he read and how he used particular words and metaphors to express his hopes as well as anxieties and personal trials. The Jefferson revealed is not static; his mind develops over several decades. The Inner Jefferson removes our modern preconceptions and re-creates the mental and moral world of the eighteenth century. Burstein discovers how in the wake of the American Revolution this retiring Virginian could become to some a popular idol while appearing to others a cold and calculating subversive.
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Burstein, Andrew The Passions of Andrew Jackson
Alfred A Knopf Inc 2003 0375414282 / 9780375414282 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Fine
Like-new condition. Appears unread. Stated First Edition. Illustrated. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine, bright pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 292 pages. From Booklist: Andrew Jackson remains one of our most fascinating and frustratingly enigmatic presidents. He was the first president from the trans-Appalachian region and the first to come from humble origins. He had a passionate determination to represent the "common man," and he undoubtedly advanced the democratic transformation of our nation. Yet, by background and temperament, he was an unlikely Democrat. Subject to awesome rages that frequently exploded into physical violence, he often displayed contempt for those who lacked his physical strength, and his disdain for Native Americans and African Americans was extreme even by frontier standards. Burstein, a professor of history at the University of Tulsa, has written an excellent personality study that examines Jackson's ideas, loves, and hatreds without indulging in psychobabble or engaging in unwarranted speculations. He views Jackson's personal and political development within the context of his family background, upbringing, and the political culture of the newly settled West. This is a solid work of historical inquiry that adds to our knowledge about one of our national icons. Jay Freeman Copyright © American Library Association.
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