American Virtues: Thomas Jefferson on the Character of a Free People

by Jean M. Yarbrough

Book Overview

Since the early days of the republic, Americans have recognized Thomas Jefferson's distinctive role in helping to shape the American national character. As Founder and statesman, Jefferson thought broadly about the virtues Americans would need to cultivate in order to preserve and perfect their experiment in republican self-government. Now in an age preoccupied with rights and divided over questions of character in public and private life, Jefferson...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700616780
• ISBN13: 9780700616787
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"