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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Taylor (history, Univ. of Virginia; The Internal Enemy) explores Thomas Jefferson's life through the lens of what his own education meant to him and how he tried, often unsuccessfully, to improve education in Virginia. One of Jefferson's crucial political defeats was the refusal of the Virginia legislature to pass a bill to provide funds for building local schools across the state. Taylor explains how J...Log In or Sign Up to Read More