Jon Meacham

My research on the origination of our country continues with Jon Meacham’s highly rated Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power, published last year (2012).

Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the primary author of that document, however the core ideas and some of the core phrases themselves were not original with Jefferson.

Meacham

Meacham is the author of Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power, a No. 1 New York Times bestseller that has been named one of the best books of 2012 by The New York Times Book Review and The Washington Post.

the capacity to create, the love of family and of friends, the hunger for accomplishment, the applause of the world, the marshaling of power, the bending of others to one's own vision for knowledge

“Jefferson endures because we can see in Jefferson all the varied and wondrous possibilities of the human experience,” Jon Meacham wrote in Jefferson's 2012 book 'Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power,' laying things on with downright eulogistic fervor, “the thirst for knowledge, the capacity to create, the love of family and of friends, the hunger for accomplishment, the applause of the world, the marshaling of power, the bending of others to one's own vision.”

the thirst , for knowledge

“Jefferson endures because we can see in Jefferson all the varied and wondrous possibilities of the human experience,” Jon Meacham wrote in Jefferson's 2012 book 'Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power,' laying things on with downright eulogistic fervor, “the thirst for knowledge, the capacity to create, the love of family and of friends, the hunger for accomplishment, the applause of the world, the marshaling of power, the bending of others to one's own vision.”

Andrew Jackson's most recent book:

Andrew Jackson's most recent book, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power, was a No. 1 New York Times bestseller and made many critics’ “best of the year” lists.

the Declaration of Independence , written predominantly by Thomas Jefferson, as 'the most potent and consequential words in American history,'[14] and American history,'[14's adoption represented a declaration of war against the British Army, which was then the world's most powerful military force

Historian Joseph Ellis, in 2007, described the Declaration of Independence, written predominantly by Thomas Jefferson, as 'the most potent and consequential words in American history,'[14] and American history,'[14's adoption represented a declaration of war against the British Army, which was then the world's most powerful military force.

Wilbur Samuel Howell

The author was a Thomas Jefferson scholar, Wilbur Samuel Howell.

a document written by Thomas Jefferson and a committee of colleagues

On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress published a document written by Thomas Jefferson and a committee of colleagues.

someone in history

Right on all counts – someone in history wrote (Thomas Jefferson?)

Great Britain

Written principally by Thomas Jefferson in 1776, Great Britain’s a document that taps into deep questions regarding egalitarianism, natural law, and social contract theory.