Jefferson the President: First Term, 1801-1805

Dumas Malone

University of Virginia Press, 2006 - Biography & Autobiography - 539 pages

Dumas Malone’s classic six-volume biography Jefferson and His Time was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in history and became the standard work on Jefferson’s life.

Volume 4. Jefferson the President; First Term, 1801–1805
Examining the first four years of Jefferson’s presidency, this volume provides a fascinating account of the Louisiana Purchase, Jefferson’s continuing opposition to Hamilton’s charge for an overriding central government, and his battle with the Supreme Court.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Jefferson the President: First Term, 1801-1805; Jefferson and His Time (University of Virginia Press) Series; Volume 4 of Jefferson and His Time Series, Dumas Malone; Volume 4 of Jefferson the President
• Author: Dumas Malone
• Contributor: Little, Brown and Company, (Inc.)
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press, 2006
• ISBN: 0813923646, 9780813923642
• Length: 539 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Historical; Biography & Autobiography / Presidents & Heads of State; History / United States / 19th Century; History / United States / General; History / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800); Political Science / American Government / Judicial Branch; Political Science / History & Theory