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Thomas Jefferson's Formative Years

Just prior to her death in late September 2005, Mary Lee Settle, author of O Beulah Land and recipient of the National Book Award, was working on a historical novel about Jefferson's childhood. On August 17, 2004, she shared her thoughts about researching this little known era of Jefferson's life and described how she planned to fill in the gaps.

 1. "I'm going to ask you to play a scene with me": imagining Colonial America in the British Museum (3:50)
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 2. A boy living in Society and on the Frontier (4:12)
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 3. The love of his life: Monticello (3:25)
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 4. Everybody got religion: a great revival in Virginia (3:40)
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 5. "The most open man I ever read" (4:13)
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 6. Coming of age after the death of Peter Jefferson (6:03)
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View a transcript of the above portion of the talk

 Questions and Answers


Did the existence of different religious denominations in the area had an influence on Jefferson's views on religion? (:40)
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Why do you think Jefferson didn't like his mother? (1:05)
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Do you feel you have more freedom in writing historical fiction? (:51)
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Do you plan to write in the first person? (1:01)
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Do you think Jefferson was enigmatic? (:40)
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