This biography introduces readers to Thomas Jefferson including his early political career and key events from Jefferson's administration, including the Louisiana Purchase and the Embargo Act. Information about his childhood, family, personal life, and retirement years is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Big Buddy Books is an imprint of...

An introduction to the life of Thomas Jefferson, a man whose ideas helped create a new kind of government and who became the nation's third president

Examines the life and times of the multifaceted man who wrote the Declaration of Independence and later became the third president of the United States

An account of Jefferson's life highlighting his many accomplishments as governor, architect, gardener, inventor, and president

"The story of President Thomas Jefferson's quest to locate and assemble the first full mastodon skeleton in American history."--

A dual portrait of two American founding fathers shares accessible introductions to the many ways they helped a young United States in spite of their disparate views, tracing how they overcame interpersonal differences at key points in the nation's early history.

"Provides comprehensive information on President Thomas Jefferson and places him within his historical and cultural context. Also explored are the formative events of his times and how he responded"--Provided by publisher

"Sheds light on the fascinating life and interests of the Renaissance man who was our third president"--

"This rhyming non-fiction picture book tells about Thomas Jefferson's quest to find a woolly mammoth to disprove French Count Buffon's assertion that the animals of the New World are weak"--