Finding Jefferson - A Lost Letter, a Remarkable Discovery, and the First Amendment in an Age of Terrorism (Hardcover)

"Alan Dershowitz found an important letter from his hero that relates to freedom of speech, incitement, and terrorism--subjects about which Alan has thought and taught for decades. This book is a wonderful adventure story that uses Jefferson's arguments and Dershowitz's counters to illuminate issues that were important and difficult when the U.S. was a new nation and that remain so today. I recommend it to every citizen concerned with preserving our liberties and combating terrorism."
--President William Jefferson Clinton

"The 1801 letter of Thomas Jefferson to Elijah Boardman is of tremendous interest and importance, as is the remarkable story of its discovery by Alan Dershowitz."
--David McCullough

Pulitzer Prize-winning author

"Finding Jefferson is terrific on every level: as a memoir of a passionate collector, it is delightful; as an account of an important historical discovery, it is riveting; as a defense of free speech, it is brilliant."
--Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

"What a treasure this book is, just like the stuff Dershowitz scours the old archives for. It is unexpected, revealing and resonant with a central fact of our Republic--we are still stitched together by words, and their complicated progeny, ideas. From a simple, fortuitous discovery, Dershowitz has fashioned an elaborate and engaging argument, one we will be thinking about for ages."
--Ken Burns, director and producer of The War and Thomas Jefferson

General

Imprint:	John Wiley & Sons
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2007
First published:	November 2007
Authors:	Alan Dershowitz
Dimensions:	223 x 145 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-0-470-16711-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > Freedom of information & freedom of speech Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Terrorism, freedom fighters, armed struggle > General Books > History > American history > General Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN:	0-470-16711-4
Barcode:	9780470167113

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