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Oct, 2009 in this unique biography of thomas jefferson, leading journalist and social critic christopher hitchens offers a startlingly new and provocative interpretation of our founding father. Situating jefferson within the context of americas evolution and tracing his legacy over the past two hundred years. Behind the public persona was a man who didnt hate all christians, a new bbc radio documentary confirms. He was a columnist at vanity fair, the atlantic, the nation, slate, and free inquiry. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones. Hitchens is known for his atheism and antitheism and was a firm believer. How christopher hitchens came to love thomas jefferson. The main characters of this non fiction, religion story are albert einstein. Christopher hitchens on thomas jefferson 2006 youtube. Hitchens is known for his atheism and antitheism and was a firm believer in the enlightenment values of secularism, humanism, and reason. Inspired by his outrage at edmund burkes attack on the french revolution, paines text is a passionate defense of mans inalienable rights, and the key to his reputation. Situating jefferson within the context of americas evolution and tracing his legacy over the past two hundred years, hitchens brings the character of. May 05, 2009 in this unique biography of thomas jefferson, leading journalist and social critic christopher hitchens offers a startlingly new and provocative interpretation of our founding fathera man conflicted by power who wrote the declaration of independence and acted as ambassador to france yet yearned for a quieter career in the virginia legislature. Thomas jefferson harpercollins harpercollins publishers.
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