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American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson by Joseph J. Ellis — book cover

American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson

by Joseph J. Ellis

National Book · 1997 · Winner
NonfictionISBN 9780679444909

Award History

AwardYearStatus
National Book Award for Nonfiction1997Winner

About the Author

Joseph John-Michael Ellis III (born July 18, 1943) is an American historian specializing in the Founding Fathers of the United States, best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation (2001) and National Book Award-winning American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson (1997), both of which were major bestsellers. National Book Foundation

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