Thomas Jefferson

Who is the real Thomas Jefferson?

A heated Op-Ed war among historians is picking up where two controversial new biographies left off this fall

Andrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg 26 Topics: Thomas Jefferson, biographers, Books, biographies, Critics

The Pulitizer-winner says he set out to restore the founder's reputation -- but slavery still complicates matters

David Daley 18 Topics: Books, Jon Meacham, Thomas Jefferson, The Art Of Power

Forget Sally Hemings -- a historian discovers the ugliest side of a founding father in his ledgers

Laura Miller 60 Topics: Founding Fathers, slavery, Editor's Picks, History, What to Read, American History, Race, Books, Thomas Jefferson