Thomas Jefferson, Maira Kalman
Thomas Jefferson, Maira Kalman
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Thomas Jefferson
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Everything

Author: Maira Kalman

Narrator: Susie Berneis

Unabridged: 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/20/2015

Synopsis

Thomas Jefferson is perhaps best known for writing the Declaration of Independence - but there's so much more to discover. This energetic man was interested in everything. He played violin, spoke seven languages and was a scientist, naturalist, botanist, mathematician and architect. He designed his magnificent home, Monticello, which is full of objects he collected from around the world. Our first foodie, he grew over fifteen kinds of peas and advocated a mostly vegetarian diet. And oh yes, as our third president, he doubled the size of the United States and sent Lewis and Clark to explore it.

About Maira Kalman

Maira Kalman illustrated William Strunk Jr’s classic The Elements of Style and is the author of My Favorite Things, Principles of Uncertainty, and And the Pursuit of Happiness. She is also the author/illustrator of numerous children’s books, and her artwork has graced a dozen covers of The New Yorker. Her watches, clocks, accessories, and paperweights have been featured at the Museum of Modern Art store. She lives in New York City.Alex Kalman is an artist, editor, designer, publisher, and curator, He is the founder of Mmuseumm and owner of What Studio? Learn more at alexkalman.com

Reviews

Goodreads review by Benji on February 24, 2014

This might have been a 4 star, beautifully illustrated, decently worded picture book biography, but I was so impressed with how Kalman handled discussing Jefferson's slaves (Sally Hemming in particular) that I can't help but give it 5 stars. Celebrating a historical figure while also acknowledging a......more

Goodreads review by babyhippoface on September 17, 2014

I have never before been excited about reading a book about Thomas Jefferson until I opened my latest shipment from Junior Library Guild and pulled this out of the box. I love Kalman's Looking at Lincoln, and I didn't know she was writing a book about Jefferson, so this was a great surprise. I wonde......more

Goodreads review by MacK on January 20, 2015

There's a point in her biography of Thomas Jefferson that Maira Kalman seems to suggest that Thomas Jefferson could never stay focused on one thing. I hope that this line served as her guiding focusing in illustrating and designing the book, because it's almost impossible to find a guiding focus on......more

Goodreads review by Kate on March 11, 2019

Kalman is eternally optimistic and finds the best in any place, any person, any story. Her work here, more about Monticello than it is about Jefferson, reminds me of my days in college touring the homes at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts. I wanted to make books like this (but wasn't ready, draw......more

Goodreads review by Maggi on October 22, 2017

So many things to love about this book, but the non-handling of the role of native peoples was a big disappointment. I'm glad his role in owning slaves was detailed here. It is problematic for us to venerate our founding fathers without being completely honest about what they did, and this book does......more

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