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Repairing Jefferson's American: A Guide to Civility and Enlightened Citizenship

By: Clay S. Jenkinson

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Repairing Jefferson's American: A Guide to Civility and Enlightened Citizenship

By: Clay S. Jenkinson

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the greatest idealist of the Founding Fathers of America. He believed that average citizens are up to the challenge of governing themselves. He envisioned a republic of well-educated, well-informed, engaged, and vigilant citizens. Jefferson's dream of a semi-utopian American republic has nearly been swallowed up by cynical partisanship, government gridlock, consumer materialism, and the corrosive power of money in American politics. Jefferson believed in civility, majority rule, the primacy of science and reason, and harmony in all of our public and private relations. Public humanities scholar Clay S. Jenkinson believes we can return to Jeffersonian principles both in our private lives and the public sphere. Repairing Jefferson's America is a clear and concise guide for those who wish to live more rational, purposeful, and enlightened lives.

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Koehler Books

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164663098X

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9781646630981

The Character of Meriwether Lewis

Explorer in the Wilderness : Essays on One of the Most Remarkable Men in American History

By: Clay Jenkinson

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The Character of Meriwether Lewis

Explorer in the Wilderness : Essays on One of the Most Remarkable Men in American History

By: Clay Jenkinson

The Character of Meriwether Lewis examines Lewis's key relationships: with his friend and co-captain William Clark; with his patron Thomas Jefferson; with his self-expectations and his self-identification as America's Captain Cook; and with the English language. --

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Dakota Institute

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0982559739

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9780982559734

The Lewis and Clark Companion

An Encyclopedic Guide to the Voyage of Discovery

By: Stephenie Ambrose Tubbs,Clay Straus Jenkinson

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The Lewis and Clark Companion

An Encyclopedic Guide to the Voyage of Discovery

By: Stephenie Ambrose Tubbs,Clay Straus Jenkinson

An indispensable guide to our nation's epic adventure The years 2003-2006 mark the bicentennial of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark's famous transcontinental journey between the Missouri and the Columbia River systems. They never did find the fabled Northwest Passage, but over twenty-eight months, the Corps of Discovery traveled more than eight thousand miles through eleven future states, named scores of places and rivers, met with many Native American tribes, and wrote the first descriptions of heretofore unknown plants and animals. By the end of their trip, Lewis and Clark had navigated and named two thirds of the American continent. They may have had undaunted courage, but the sheer volume of information related to their expedition can be more than a little daunting to the armchair historian. Written by two highly regarded Lewis and Clark experts, this book contains over five hundred lively and fascinating entries on everything from the members of the expedition and the places they went to the weapons and tools, trade goods, and medicines they carried, along with the food and amusements that sustained them. Highly readable and informative, it's the perfect introduction for the Lewis and Clark novice, and the comprehensive guide no buff will want to be without. "This handy volume, timed for publication as the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark expedition opens, has the virtue of teaching the student while helpfully reminding the scholar. " - Publishers Weekly

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Macmillan + ORM

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162779669X

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9781627796699

For the Love of North Dakota and Other Essays

Sundays with Clay in the Bismarck Tribune

By: Clay Jenkinson

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For the Love of North Dakota and Other Essays

Sundays with Clay in the Bismarck Tribune

By: Clay Jenkinson

A compilation of the first seven years (2005-2011) of a column published every Sunday in the Bismarck Tribune on life in North Dakota and the growing influence of the oil boom.

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Dakota Institute

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0983405913

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The Character of Meriwether Lewis

Explorer in the Wilderness

By: Clay S. Jenkinson

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The Character of Meriwether Lewis

Explorer in the Wilderness

By: Clay S. Jenkinson

Meriwether Lewis commanded the most important exploration mission in United States¿ early history. Clay S. Jenkinson examines Lewis's journal entries and letters to reveal a rich, yet troubled personality with aspirations of heroism. When the American mythology surrounding him is removed, Lewis emerges as a fuller, more human, and endlessly fascinating explorer. Originally published by The Dakota Institute in 2011.

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Washington State University Press

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0874224160

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Becoming Jefferson's People

Re-inventing the American Republic in the Twenty-first Century

By: Clay Jenkinson

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Becoming Jefferson's People

Re-inventing the American Republic in the Twenty-first Century

By: Clay Jenkinson

Our third president and founding father Thomas Jefferson is a role model for the Enlightenment movement. In addition, he sought avenues to live his words that "all men are ...endowed with the Rights for Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness." Author Clay S. Jenkinson puts Jefferson's formulas in plain English and shows us how to apply those formulas to our own every day lives.

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1930806221

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A Free and Hardy Life

Theodore Roosevelt's Sojourn in the American West

By: Clay Jenkinson

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A Free and Hardy Life

Theodore Roosevelt's Sojourn in the American West

By: Clay Jenkinson

Theodore Roosevelt ventured into the American West to seek authentic frontier experience and the strenuous life. The New York aristocrat traveled to western Dakota Territory in 1883 to kill his first buffalo. He got his buffalo, but he also fell in love with the badlands of what is now North Dakota. On impulse, Roosevelt invested a significant portion of his wealth in two badlands ranches, and he spent the better part of 1883-87 ranching, hunting, serving as deputy sheriff, writing books, and attempting to become an authentic American cowboy. In North Dakota the New York dude became the Theodore Roosevelt who led a cowboy brigade of cavalrymen up Kettle and San Juan Hills in 1898 and then led the American people into the twentieth century as the twenty-sixth president of the United States. This book contains 70 stories, many set in Dakota Territory, about Roosevelt's life as an adventurer, politician, and man of letters, lavishly illustrated with more than 100 photographs, some never previously published. Clay S. Jenkinson's introduction assesses what Roosevelt learned from his sojourn in the West, including his commitment to conservation of America's natural resources. With a foreword by best-selling biographer Douglas Brinkley, this book tells the story of Theodore Roosevelt's life in his own words, carefully excerpted from his 1913 autobiography.

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Book's by Clay S. Jenkinson

Repairing Jefferson's American: A Guide to Civility and Enlightened Citizenship

Repairing Jefferson's American: A Guide to Civility and Enlightened Citizenship

The Character of Meriwether Lewis

The Character of Meriwether Lewis

The Lewis and Clark Companion

The Lewis and Clark Companion

For the Love of North Dakota and Other Essays

For the Love of North Dakota and Other Essays

The Character of Meriwether Lewis

The Character of Meriwether Lewis

Becoming Jefferson's People

Becoming Jefferson's People

A Free and Hardy Life

A Free and Hardy Life

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