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Thomas Jefferson: A Resource Guide

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Finding Books by and about Thomas Jefferson

The Library of Congress online catalog contains more than a hundred subject headings for books related to Thomas Jefferson. To find works on any of these topics, select Browse, and enter the words Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 into the search box; then choose the Subjects beginning with option. You will get the list of Jefferson-related subject headings. Click on any heading to see a list of titles that have that subject heading; and click on any of the titles to access the book's bibliographic record.  From among the thousands of Jefferson-related titles in the Library of Congress collections, the bibliography below highlights the most significant editions of works by Jefferson and a limited selection of biographies and other works particularly useful to general and younger readers.

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