![]() In His Masterly Pen, readers will find a new appreciation of Jefferson as a whole, of his strengths and weaknesses, and particularly of the degree to which his writing skills-which James Madison admired as “the shining traces of his pen”-are key to his personality and public career. All of his works demonstrate his remarkable intelligence, prescient wisdom, and literary flair and reveal the man in all his complex and controversial brilliance. ![]() A man renowned for many talents, writing was one of the major activities of the statesman’s life, though much of his best, most influential writing-with the exception of the letters he wrote up to his death, numbering approximately 100,000-was done by 1789, when Jefferson was just forty-six. ![]() In this unique biography, Fred Kaplan emphasizes Thomas Jefferson’s genius with language and his ability to use the power of words to inspire and shape a nation. ![]()
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