Getting Jefferson Right: Fact-Checking Claims About Thomas Jefferson

Two centuries after his death, Thomas Jefferson continues to be the subject of competing claims about his public policy and private beliefs. In Getting Jefferson Right: Fact-Checking Claims About Thomas Jefferson, two conservative scholars examine key claims frequently made by religious conservatives about Thomas Jefferson. Using Jefferson's correspondence, accounts of Jefferson's contemporaries, and other primary sources, Throckmorton and Coulter separate fact from fiction. In the earlier ...