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Twilight at Monticello: The Final Years of Thomas Jefferson, by Alan Pell Crawford

“If you’re Joseph Ellis dissecting George Washington or David McCullough tackling John Adams, the answer isn’t so hard: You’re Joseph Ellis or David McCullough! But if you’re anyone else, you’d better have an angle. You can (A) write new stuff about an obscure founder: How Charles Pinckney Saved America! Or you can (B) unveil a lesser-known aspect of a famous founder: John Adams, Meticulous Gardener! The only other option (C) is to recast old material with some counterintuitive spin: George Washington’s Willing Executioners! In Twilight at Monticello, Alan Pell Crawford has chosen option B, compiling a well-researched narrative of Thomas Jefferson’s post-presidential years — with a notable non-emphasis on the best-known aspect of those years, Jefferson’s correspondence with Adams.” Read the review at the Washington Post.

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