Jefferson the Virginian (Jefferson & His Time (University of Virginia Press))

Dumas Malone?s classic six-volume biography Jefferson and His Time was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in history and became the standard work on Jefferson?s life.

Volume 1. Jefferson the VirginianThis first volume explores the early phases of Jefferson?s life, from his youth, education, legal career, and marriage, to the building of Monticello, writing of the Declaration of Independence and his highly contentious governorship.