''Jefferson and His Time'' is a six-volume biography of US President
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 18 ...
by American historian
Dumas Malone
Dumas Malone (January 10, 1892 – December 27, 1986) was an American historian, biographer, and editor noted for his six-volume biography on Thomas Jefferson, ''Jefferson and His Time'', for which he received the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for history a ...
, published between 1948 and 1981.
The six volumes were published individually as follows:
*''Jefferson the Virginian'' (1948)
*''Jefferson and the Rights of Man'' (1951)
*''Jefferson and the Ordeal of Liberty'' (1962)
*''Jefferson the President: First Term, 1801–1805'' (1970)
*''Jefferson the President: Second Term, 1805–1809'' (1974)
*''The Sage of Monticello'' (1981)
His work on the series gave Malone a reputation as "the world's leading Jefferson scholar". For the fifth volume, he was awarded the 1975
Pulitzer Prize for History
The Pulitzer Prize for History, administered by Columbia University, is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes that are annually awarded for Letters, Drama, and Music. It has been presented since 1917 for a distinguished book about the history ...
.
References
1948 non-fiction books
1951 non-fiction books
1962 non-fiction books
1970 non-fiction books
1974 non-fiction books
1981 non-fiction books
American biographies
Books about Thomas Jefferson
History books about the American Revolution
Pulitzer Prize for History-winning works
Multi-volume biographies
Biographies about politicians
University of Virginia Press books
Book series introduced in 1948
Books about Virginia
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