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This is the little-known story of how a newly independent nation was challenged by four Muslim powers and what happened when America's third president decided to stand up to intimidation. When Thomas Jefferson became president in 1801, America faced a crisis. The new nation was deeply in debt and needed its economy to grow quickly, but its merchant ships were under attack. Pirates from North Africa's Barbary coast routinely captured American sailors...
64) Monticello
Author
Publisher
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation
Pub. Date
[1982]
Edition
Second edition.
Physical Desc
77 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 22 cm
Language
English
66) Papers
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
1950-<2004>
Physical Desc
volumes <1-31> : illustrations, portraits, maps, facsimiles ; 25 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
1999.
Physical Desc
43 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A biography of the third president of the United States, covering his early life in Virginia, his authorship of the Declaration of Independence, his political career, his retirement to Monticello, and his founding of the University of Virginia.
71) Thomas Jefferson
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Series
Publisher
ABDO Pub. Co
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
A simple biography of the author of the Declaration of Independence, President of the United States, and founder of the University of Virginia.
75) Thomas Jefferson
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
xviii, 253 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
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