AWN IN THE TREES

by Leonard Wibberley ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 17, 1964

This is the second volume in a projected trilogy. Mr. Wibberley's purpose as stated in the first volume, Young Man From the Picdmont (1963 p. 518 J-176) was to create ""non-fiction fiction"" that would represent not only the facts of Jefferson's life but his social and political mileau as well. The first volume left off in 1776 with Jefferson working on the Declaration of Independence. This one picks up at that point and takes him through the Revolution, his governship of Virginia, the death of his wife and to the end of his term as an ambassador to France. Again, the dialogue provided for prominent historic figures is invented or transplanted. As a re-creation of a social or political mileau, the book is not successful. For instance, Jefferson's initial and continuing ambivalence toward the French Revolution is not well analyzed. Nor, is this a sharp picture of Paris on the Eve of the French Revolution or more than a cursory examination of the issues that ignited it. In one of three would bring on apopleptic fits if the same high gloss approach were tried at the adult level.

Pub Date: Aug. 17, 1964

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Co.

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 1, 1964

Categories: NONFICTION