# American Sphinx

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- Authors: [Joseph J. Ellis](https://www.bookquiver.com/joseph-j-ellis)
- Language: en_US
- Published: 1998-04-07

## Description

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER Following Thomas Jefferson from the drafting of the Declaration of Independence to his retirement in Monticello, Joseph J. Ellis unravels the contradictions of the Jeffersonian...

## Editions

### American Sphinx

- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-06-7976-441-0
- Pages: 464
- Published: 1998-04-07
- Language: en_US