A man who hated contention, Jefferson has remained a controversial figure from the time he left the presidency.įorty years later Paul Leicester Ford brought out a fuller, more professional edition, but Ford, a crusty Northern conservative, lacked the political imagination to grasp that Jefferson’s presidency might actually have had merit. Whereas an admiring grandson of his great rival, John Adams, saw his paper into press, Jefferson’s initial editor tampered with his manuscripts, omitted important items and studded the nine volumes with conspicuous inaccuracies. The published papers of the founding fathers served as the bedrock for the first accounts of American nation-building, starting with John Marshall’s “Life of George Washington” in 1803. Even though Jefferson meticulously saved his papers, he was singularly unlucky in his first editors. Thomas Jefferson has not lacked for biographers or editors, fans or detractors. Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power by Jon Meacham (Random House) His latest book is “His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope” (Random House).Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu Thomas Church Fifth Avenue and of Trinity Church Wall Street.
He formerly served as executive editor at Random House and Newsweek and was an editor for The Washington Monthly and Chattanooga Times.
He is a trustee for the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, the McCallie School and the Harpeth Hall School. His many award-winning books include “American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House,” “Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power” and “American Gospel: God, The Founding Fathers and the Making of a Nation.” Meacham is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and of the Society of American Historians, as well as a distinguished visiting professor at Vanderbilt University. Jon Meacham is a renowned presidential historian, contributing writer to The New York Times Book Review, contributing editor at Time and Pulitzer Prize-winning author.
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