In pursuit of Jefferson : traveling through Europe with the most perplexing Founding Father
Record details
- ISBN: 1728259401
- ISBN: 9781728259406
- ISBN: 1728225388
- ISBN: 9781728225388
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Physical Description:
405 pages : illustrations (black & white), maps ; 24 cm
print - Publisher: Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks, [2022]
Content descriptions
General Note: | Includes reading group guide and a conversation with the author (pages 338-344). |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Jefferson, Thomas 1743-1826 Travel Europe Baxter, Derek 1973- Travel Europe Europe Description and travel Travelers' writings, American Jefferson, Thomas 1743-1826 |
Available copies
- 7 of 7 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 7 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Albright Memorial Library | 914 BAXTER (Text) | 50686016153954 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Cambria County Library | 914.04 B355i (Text) | 85131001812438 | CACM Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Gettysburg Library | 914 BAXTER (Text)
Endowment:
John B. Keith Named Endowment, 2022
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35740635826381 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
Reading Public Library RPL - Main | 914.04 Bax (Text) | 33223008923426 | Non-fiction | Available | - |
Bethlehem Main Library | 914.04 (Text) | 33062009604779 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Clymer Library | 914.04 BAX (Text) | 32596000514660 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Newfoundland Area Library | 914 BAX (Text) | 38445000449911 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
Summary:
"In 1784, travel wrenched Thomas Jefferson out of the darkest period of his life. He sailed to France a broken man, but on the road, he rediscovered a world of hidden beauty and penned a guide he called Hints for Americans Traveling in Europe. During a crisis of his own, Derek Baxter dares himself to follow Jefferson's route. On a series of journeys (piloting a Dutch canal boat, hiking the French Alps, and fishing in the Atlantic), Baxter follows the obscure guide across six countries. But not all of his insights into the life of the complex founding father are pleasant. In Pursuit of Jefferson is the surprising story of one man's travels through Europe, led by Thomas Jefferson, and the lessons he learns about history-and himself-along the way"--