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Product Description: Thomas Jefferson's personal life has always been a puzzle to biographers. Even his contemporaries found him difficult to know. In Jefferson's correspondence, however, Andrew Burstein has found a key to the inner man...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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9780813916187 | Univ of Virginia Pr, December 1, 1995, cover price $37.50 | About this edition: Analyzes Jefferson's thoughts and deeds as reflected in seventy years of correspondence

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9780813917207 | Univ of Virginia Pr, February 1, 1997, cover price $21.50 | About this edition: Thomas Jefferson's personal life has always been a puzzle to biographers.

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Using letters, journals, and other primary sources to plum the roots of American self-confidence and optimism, the author reveals how American commitment to Enlightenment principles led to such ideas as Manifest Destiny and a global society. (view table of contents)
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9780809085354, titled "Sentimental Democracy: The Evolution of America's Romantic Self-Image" | 1 edition (Hill & Wang Pub, April 1, 1999), cover price $28.00 | About this edition: Reveals how American commitment to Enlightenment principles led to such ideas as Manifest Destiny and a global society
9780788197734, titled "Sentimental Democracy: The Evolution of America's Romantic Self-image" | Diane Pub Co, March 1, 1999, cover price $28.00 | About this edition: Americans have used words of sentiment & sympathy, passion & power to explain their country s unique democratic mission.

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Amazon.com Review: The 1992 publication of Gordon S. Wood's The Radicalism of the American Revolution renewed interest in interpreting the War for Independence as an expression of national rather than regional values. Most of these studies trace the universal desire for republican governance in the 13 colonies to the Enlightenment's valorization of reason and intellect...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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9780809085361, titled "Sentimental Democracy: Evolution of America's Romantic Self-Image" | Hill & Wang Pub, May 1, 2000, cover price $32.00 | About this edition: Amazon.

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The author of Sentimental Democracy describes how the United States celebrated fifty years of independence in 1826, describing the events and personalities of the time, America's political culture, the nation's attempt to reconcile its past and future, and the lives of America's ordinary men and women. 12,500 first printing. (view table of contents)
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9780375410338 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, January 1, 2001, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Describes how the United States celebrated fifty years of independence in 1826, describing the events and personalities of the time, America's political culture, and the nation's attempt to reconcile its past and future.

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Product Description: On July 4, 1826, the U.S. celebrated its 50th birthday with parades & speeches across the country. But what ultimately sanctified the national jubilee in the minds of the celebrants was an extraordinary coincidence in the nation's history: the nearly simultaneous deaths of Thomas Jefferson & John Adams, the last pillars of the original republic...read more
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9780756784874 | Diane Pub Co, September 30, 2001, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: On July 4, 1826, the U.

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The author of Sentimental Democracy describes how the United States celebrated fifty years of independence in 1826, describing the events and personalities of the time, America's political culture, the nation's attempt to reconcile its past and future, and the lives of America's ordinary men and women. Reprint. 15,000 first printing. (view table of contents)
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9780375709180 | Reprint edition (Vintage Books, January 1, 2002), cover price $18.95 | About this edition: The author of Sentimental Democracy describes how the United States celebrated fifty years of independence in 1826, describing the events and personalities of the time, America's political culture, the nation's attempt to reconcile its past and future, and the lives of America's ordinary men and women.

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Product Description: The letters of a person . . . form the only full and genuine journal of his life, noted Thomas Jefferson, who wrote nearly 20,000 letters in his own lifetime. Andrew Burstein invites readers to rediscover Jefferson through an exploration of his most enduring public and private writings...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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9781882886203 | Thomas Jefferson Memorial, October 1, 2002, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: The letters of a person .

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Product Description: Mortal Remains introduces new methods of analyzing death and its crucial meanings over a 240-year period, from 1620 to 1860, untangling its influence on other forms of cultural expression, from religion and politics to race relations and the nature of war...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
By Andrew Burstein (editor) and Nancy Isenberg (editor)
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9780812236781 | Univ of Pennsylvania Pr, November 12, 2002, cover price $55.00 | About this edition: Mortal Remains introduces new methods of analyzing death and its crucial meanings over a 240-year period, from 1620 to 1860, untangling its influence on other forms of cultural expression, from religion and politics to race relations and the nature of war.

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9780812218237 | Univ of Pennsylvania Pr, October 28, 2002, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Mortal Remains introduces new methods of analyzing death and its crucial meanings over a 240-year period, from 1620 to 1860, untangling its influence on other forms of cultural expression, from religion and politics to race relations and the nature of war.

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A richly textured portrait of Andrew Jackson examines his diverse roles as frontiersman, man of the people, Indian fighter, military leader, and politician to explain how Jackson became an enduring symbol of democracy. 25,000 first printing. (view table of contents)
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9780375414282 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, April 1, 2004, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: A portrait of Andrew Jackson examines his diverse roles as frontiersman, man of the people, Indian fighter, military leader, and politician to explain how Jackson became an enduring symbol of democracy.

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9780375714047 | Reprint edition (Vintage Books, April 1, 2004), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: A portrait of Andrew Jackson examines his diverse roles as frontiersman, man of the people, Indian fighter, military leader, and politician to explain how Jackson became an enduring symbol of democracy.

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A powerful portrait of Thomas Jefferson focuses on Jefferson's final days and uncovers the president's thoughts about his own legacy, his predictions for American democracy, and his feelings regarding women and children. 50,000 first printing.
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9780465008124 | Basic Books, January 17, 2005, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: A powerful portrait of Thomas Jefferson focuses on Jefferson's final days and uncovers the president's thoughts about his own legacy, his predictions for American democracy, and his feelings regarding women and children.

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Product Description: In this moving and intimate look at the final days of our most enigmatic president, Andrew Burstein sheds new light on what Thomas Jefferson actually thought about sexuality, race, gender, and politics. Thomas Jefferson died on July 4, 1826, leaving behind a series of mysteries that captured the imaginations of historical investigators-an interest rekindled by the recent revelation that he fathered a child by Sally Hemmings, a woman he legally owned-yet there is still surprisingly little known about him as a man...read more
By Andrew Burstein and Simon Vance (narrator)
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9781400151486 | Mp3 una edition (Tantor Media Inc, March 30, 2005), cover price $22.99 | About this edition: In this moving and intimate look at the final days of our most enigmatic president, Andrew Burstein sheds new light on what Thomas Jefferson actually thought about sexuality, race, gender, and politics.
9781400131488 | Unabridged edition (Tantor Media Inc, March 30, 2005), cover price $79.99 | About this edition: In this moving and intimate look at the final days of our most enigmatic president, Andrew Burstein sheds new light on what Thomas Jefferson actually thought about sexuality, race, gender, and politics.
9781400101481 | Unabridged edition (Tantor Media Inc, March 30, 2005), cover price $39.99 | About this edition: In this moving and intimate look at the final days of our most enigmatic president, Andrew Burstein sheds new light on what Thomas Jefferson actually thought about sexuality, race, gender, and politics.

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Product Description: When Thomas Jefferson died on July 4, 1826, he left behind a series of mysteries that have captured the imaginations of historical investigators for generations. In Jefferson's Secrets, Andrew Burstein draws on sources previous biographers have glossed over or missed entirely...read more
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9780465008131 | Basic Books, March 20, 2006, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: When Thomas Jefferson died on July 4, 1826, he left behind a series of mysteries that have captured the imaginations of historical investigators for generations.

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Product Description: Washington Irving-author, ambassador, Manhattanite, and international celebrity-has largely slipped from America’s memory, and yet, his creations are still very well known. With a historian’s eye for scope and significance, Andrew Burstein returns Irving to the context of his native nineteenth century where he was a major celebrity-both a colorful comic genius and the first name in our national literature...read more
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9780465008537 | Basic Books, February 26, 2007, cover price $27.50 | About this edition: A look at the life of the author, historian, and ambassador covers his time overseas, career, travels, and influence, and places him squarely within the historical context that helped define him and his work.

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9780465008544 | Basic Books, February 25, 2008, cover price $17.50 | About this edition: Washington Irving-author, ambassador, Manhattanite, and international celebrity-has largely slipped from America’s memory, and yet, his creations are still very well known.

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