Books Mentioned in This Episode

Podcast: Behind the Bastards

Episode: Part One: Thomas Jefferson: King of Hypocrites | BEHIND THE BASTARDS

Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode, complete with an Amazon buy link and quotes from the episode.

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In the spirit of Crazy Horse

by Peter Matthiessen, Peter Matthiessen

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"For more information on Leonard Peltier, you can listen to Margaret's podcast, Looda Nation, and read In the Spirit of Crazy Horse by Peter Matthiessen."
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American Sphinx

by Joseph J. Ellis

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"In 'American Sphinx,' Ellis describes Jefferson as turning into kind of a fundamentalist on this point."
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American Sphinx

by Joseph J. Ellis

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"I'm going to quote from 'American Sphinx' here: In Jefferson's account, a dedicated group of loyal Bostonians risked arrest and persecution to destroy a cargo of contraband."
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American Sphinx

by Joseph J. Ellis

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"Now the whole point of that book by Ellis, 'American Sphinx,' the reason he calls it 'American Sphinx' is that Jefferson is really hard to pin down about this and other stuff."