The Jefferson Lies: Exposing the Myths You've Always Believed about Thomas Jefferson

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Barton, David, 1954-

The Jefferson lies : exposing the myths you’ve always believed about Thomas Jefferson / David Barton.

p. cm.

ISBN 978-1-59555-459-8 (hardback)

ISBN: 9781595554604 (eBook)

1. Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. 2. Presidents--United States--Biography. I. Title.

E332.B295 2012

973.4’6092--dc23

[B]

2011051543

Printed in the United States of America

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