![]() ![]() His goal was to support the development and expansion of a successful governing institution in America. Jefferson’s strongest passion was for his country. Thomas Jefferson is presented as a multifaceted man with interests not limited to home and family, but encompassing literature, the sciences, and architecture. He was able to motivate them to action, create ideas, correct mistakes and learn from them. Jefferson is seen as a man who, given the opportunity, would avoid confrontation, but whose profound understanding of the machinations of power and human nature made him a natural leader of men. In Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power, Meacham, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, considers the life of the man in the context of his times. ![]() ![]() Jon Meacham’s 2012 biography of United States President Thomas Jefferson shows the complex nature of a historical figure who was both a leader in the political arena and a philosophical thinker who strove to understand the workings of his fellow man. ![]()
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