"The Living Jefferson" by James Truslow Adams, published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1942. Copyright 1936.

Hard boards, original red cloth with gold lettering on front board and spine [a little shelf wear], 6.1/2" x 9.1/4"; darkened endpapers, 403 pages including Index, very good condition.

A vivid, detailed description of Jefferson's life and political philosophy and how it reflected in American politics during the time of the "New Deal."

James Truslow Adams (1878-1949) was an American writer and historian. He was a freelance author who helped to popularize the latest scholarship about American history and his three-volume history of New England is well regarded by scholars. He popularized the phrase "American Dream" in his 1931 book The Epic of America.

A quote from one of Adams' essays "There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live" is widely misattributed to John Adams. The quote is part of an essay by Adams entitled "To 'Be' or to 'Do': A Note on American Education" which appeared in the June, 1929 issue of Forum. The essay is very critical of American education, both in school and at the university level, and explores the role of American culture and class-consciousness in forming that system of education.

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