Jon Kukla is an American historian and author. He attended Carthage College and the

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, and in 1973 began working with the

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, through which he published multiple works and directed historical research. He left the facility in 1990 and two years later began serving as the curator for the

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, of which he later served as its director. Kukla has also served as the director of

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, a position he held until 2007.

Selected bibliography

Books

*''Speakers and clerks of the Virginia House of Burgesses, 1643-1776'' (1981,

) *''Bill of Rights: A Lively Heritage'' (1987, Library of Virginia, editor) *''The Capitol Of Virginia: A Landmark Of American Architecture'' (1989, Library of Virginia, contributor) *''Political Institutions in Virginia, 1619-1660'' (1989,

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) *''A Guide to the Papers of Pierre Clement Laussat'' (1993, The Historic New Orleans Collection, author and editor) *''Patrick Henry: Voice of the Revolution'' (2002, PowerPlus Books) *''A Wilderness So Immense'' (2003,

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) *''Thomas Jefferson: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness'' (2005) *''Virginia Women: Their Lives and Times'' (2015,

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, contributor) *''Mr. Jefferson's Women'' (2009, Alfred A. Knopf)

Other works

"Patrick Henry (1736–1799)"
for

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kukla, Jon Living people 21st-century American historians 21st-century American male writers Writers from Virginia Writers from Wisconsin Carthage College alumni University of Toronto alumni Year of birth missing (living people) American male non-fiction writers