Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2024-06-06
Books mentioned on Part Two: Thomas Jefferson: King of Hypocrites
Robert and Prop talk about Jefferson's embarrassing history as a war leader and how he helped invent scientific racism. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Robert Evans discussed American Sphinx by Joseph J. Ellis, Divers Voyages Touching the Discovery of America and the Islands Adjacent by Richard Hakluyt, Master of the mountain by Henry Wiencek, and Notes on the state of Virginia by Thomas Jefferson and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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American Sphinx
Discussed“Ellis in American Sphinx describes him as entering National Affairs by the side door”
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Divers Voyages Touching the Discovery of America and the Islands Adjacent
Discussed“the book he read was diverse voyages by a guy named Richard haut”
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Master of the mountain
Discussed“Yeah, um, and here again, one of the people that he owned acted to protect his absent owner from the book Master of the Mountain. When the raiders swarmed into the house at Monticello, it quickly became apparent that once again Jefferson had eluded them, but they knew he could not be very far off.”
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Notes on the state of Virginia
Discussed“the work he did on the Run would later make up his only published book notes on the state of Virginia”
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