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Kathleen Reid

Auteur van A Page Out of Life

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Werken van Kathleen Reid

A Page Out of Life (2008) 69 exemplaren
Paris Match (2004) 9 exemplaren
Sunrise in Florence (2019) 4 exemplaren
Secrets in the Palazzo (2022) 1 exemplaar

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Deze bespreking is geschreven voor LibraryThing Vroege Recensenten.
Thomas Jefferson: First Friend, by Kathleen Reid at first seemed a rather slim and superficial look into the life and times of our third President, a giant of a man by any stretch of the imagination, and one deserving a far more detailed look into his person. However, the selections, while brief, cover many if not most of the man's life and character, even touching upon some of the unsavoury truths about his relationship with his former wife's step-sister. A less conscientious author might have omitted all mention.

In the end the very slimness of the volume is one of its virtues. Easy to pick up and set aside for a time, to the casual reader with a few minutes, the book can be opened to any page to find interesting things about an incredible man living an extraordinary life during a momentous era.
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Rood | 11 andere besprekingen | Aug 26, 2016 |
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I really enjoyed this relatively fast read featuring a unique mix of historical facts about Thomas Jefferson and what his status updates and tweets might have been like, if Facebook and Twitter had existed two centuries ago. He was such a fascinating guy, and if any of our forefathers would have been online, it would have been Thomas. His keen interest in so many different subjects kept him busy and broke, but his positive impact on American history is undeniable.

As previous reviewers have mentioned I concur that this book would be best suited for older children and teens, but even as somewhat of an American history buff, I learned several new things about Mr. Jefferson. Since the book has the social network components, it could easily catch the attention of the youngsters among us. The more educated our next generation can be about the founders and their true purposes, contributions, and beliefs, the better our society will be in the future.… (meer)
 
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susanaudrey | 11 andere besprekingen | Sep 23, 2012 |
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This is a quick read, created for those who aren't particularly interested in deep or dense histories, but rather an 18th century life told in 21st century terms. As other reviewers have noted, this is probably best suited for teens rather than adults. I wouldn't read it again and I didn't get anything out of it that I didn't already know, but for those who know little about Thomas Jefferson, this would be a quirkly entry into the life of an interesting and important man.
 
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plumdog28 | 11 andere besprekingen | Aug 7, 2012 |
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I admit that when I requested this book through the early-reviewers program, I thought it was about social media -- perhaps an analysis of the phenomenon of social networking through the lens of the life of our third president, akin to "Hamlet’s Blackberry." I was wrong.

What this is, is a young adult-directed biography of Jefferson, enhanced and perhaps made more “relevant” for modern readers by showing how Mr. Jefferson might have posted or tweeted about various events in his life. It’s not an epistolary novel (or its social-media equivalent) like "Who Moved my Blackberry" (and how dated all these references to Blackberries already seem!), thankfully. In fact, it’s a well-written and balanced biography that introduces readers to the subject gentleman without taking a strong political or social stance. Mr. Jefferson’s conflicted thoughts about slavery, particularly as reflected in his relationship with Sally Hemings, are handled well and without prurience.

There are a few spelling and grammatical errors another pass by an editor might have caught, plus a couple of arguable anachronisms (“United States Postal Service,” “Washington, District of Columbia”), though these latter may have been used simply because they’re recognizable to younger readers. Those are small things, though. Parents, teachers, and young readers looking for a good introduction to Jefferson and his accomplishments could do well with this volume.
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