Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History /
Fawn M. Brodie
- New York W. W. Norton & Company 1974
- 594 p.
Includes index
The semi-transparent shadows -- The parents -- A sense of family -- A capacity for involvement -- A problem with the forbidden -- Martha Jefferson -- The revolutionary -- Jefferson and independence -- the domestic problem -- The flight from power -- Jefferson and the war -- Jefferson writes a book -- The two Marthas -- The return to politics -- Restlessness and torment -- My head and my heart -- The second interlude -- Sally Hemings -- The revolutionary goes home -- The satellite sons -- Disillusionment in Eden -- Triangles at Monticello -- Candidate à Contre Coeur -- Callender -- Jason -- Betrayal -- Jefferson under attack -- Death, hatred, and the uses of silence -- Jefferson and Burr -- A genius for peace -- Like a patriarch of old -- Writer of letters -- The Monticello tragedy -- Appendix I. Reminiscences of Madison Hemings ; Reminiscences of Israel Jefferson -- Appendix II. "My head and my heart" -- Appendix III. The family denial.
This is a challenging new biography, a rich, three - dimensional intimate portrait which illuminates the relationship between Jefferson's inner life and his public life. Where others have concentrated on Jefferson and the life of the mind, Mrs. Brodie has concentrated on Jefferson and the life of the heart, descibing for the first time the largely unknown man of feeling and passion. We see in this volume Jefferson's passion for order and his detestation of violence, developing during his presidency into what Henry Adams called his " genius for peace. " We see also the aging statesman, who descibes himself as living " like a patriarch of old, " trapped in the slave holding world, slipping into ever - growing apathy toward emancipation. Explores the relationship between Jefferson's inner life and his public life including his attitudes toward the church, slavery, women, and revolution.