Jefferson

Can anyone recommend a good biography on Jefferson?

There are many good bios of Jefferson, and these have been covered elsewhere on this forum (or maybe check the American Revolution forum). I am currently reading Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power by Jon Meacham, which was just released this past November and is still on the nonfiction NYT bestseller list. It's shaping up to be a very good one-volume biography, although I think Meacham seems a little too starstruck of Jefferson at times - perhaps not enough coverage of his flaws (but I'm only half-way through).

Also check out Thomas Jefferson and the New Nation by Merrill D. Peterson and Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History by Fawn Brodie.

Thank you Pharmacovigilant.

You might also look on the US Presidents Challenge group and check out Jeffersons line.

Thanks morryb.

Although it may say as much about the author as the subject, I also liked Christopher Hitchens's Thomas Jefferson, Author of America.