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02991aam a2200373 i 4500 001 C6D8B89AF11E11E79D0FC10F97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180104010254 008 170824s2017 ncua b 001 e eng 010 $a 2017032818 020 $a 1476669252 020 $a 9781476669250 035 $a (OCoLC)981991359 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCQ $d GUA $d YDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a E332.2 $b .E48 2017 082 00 $a 973.4/6092 $2 23 245 04 $a The elusive Thomas Jefferson : $b essays on the man behind the myths / $c edited by M. Andrew Holowchak and Brian W. Dotts. 264 1 $a Jefferson, North Carolina : $b McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, $c [2017] 300 $a vi, 246 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-237) and index. 505 0 $a An "honest heart" versus a "knowing head": the myth of the preeminency of rationality in Jefferson's notions of man and society / M. Andrew Holowchak -- The apostle of Whig history: Thomas Jefferson's reliance on the ancient Saxon constitution / Brian W. Dotts -- Toward a jurismythos of Thomas Jefferson: the Supreme Court's use and abuse of America's most controversial founder / Benjamin Justice -- The myth of Jefferson's polysemous conception of liberty / Garrett Ward Sheldon -- "The spirit of the master is abating": the myth of Jefferson's racism / M. Andrew Holowchak -- The myth of Jefferson's deism / William M. Wilson -- James Bryant Conant: twentieth century Jeffersonian / Wayne J. Urban -- The moral foundation of government: Jefferson, Dewey, and citizenship education / James J. Carpenter -- Have gun(s), will travel: Thomas Jefferson, gun ownership, and military affairs / Arthur Scherr -- Myths and realities of Thomas Jefferson's architecture / Richard Guy Wilson -- Thomas Jefferson as collective memory / Jennifer Hauver James, Bruce VanSledright, and Christopher Farr. 520 $a "Thomas Jefferson's writings on morality have largely been ignored by scholars. Yet his writings and the moral works he recommended reveal much about his moral sense and views on good living. Jefferson valued personal moral improvement, had great respect for moral exemplars and drew inspiration from moralists, sermonizers, novelists, poets, historians, and role models"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Jefferson, Thomas, $d 1743-1826 $x Philosophy. 600 10 $a Jefferson, Thomas, $d 1743-1826 $x Political and social views. 600 17 $a Jefferson, Thomas, $d 1743-1826. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00040754 650 7 $a Philosophy. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01060777 650 7 $a Political and social views. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01353986 700 1 $a Holowchak, Mark, $d 1958- $e contributor. $e contributor. 700 1 $a Dotts, Brian W., $e contributor. $e contributor. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20180104062653.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C6D8B89AF11E11E79D0FC10F97128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search