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Dumas Malones classic six-volume biography
Jefferson and His Time was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in history and became the standard work on Jeffersons life.Volume 3. Jefferson and the Ordeal of LibertyBeginning with Jeffersons final year of service as secretary of state in Washingtons cabinet, this volume takes on one of the most significant and controversial years in Jeffersons life and indeed in modern Western history, while also exploring Jeffersons retirement to Monticello, his decision to lead the opposition party, and his own election as president in 1801.