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This new book by Jon Meacham sounds like a relatively easy read, while giving a vivid image of Thomas Jefferson and of the times in which he lived. The book also revolves around the nature of power and how to best use it while establishing a government, which seems a propos in our current times when many countries are trying to do the same.

Thomas Jefferson: The art of power, by Jon Meacham (http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Jefferson-The-Art-Power/dp/1400067669/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=2U06TO2QY2PW5&coliid=IRCZD4UPLKVXI)

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"In this magnificent biography, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Lion and Franklin and Winston brings vividly to life an extraordinary man and his remarkable times. Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power gives us Jefferson the politician and president, a great and complex human being forever engaged in the wars of his era. Philosophers think; politicians maneuver. Jefferson’s genius was that he was both and could do both, often simultaneously. Such is the art of power."

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