![]() The box set concludes with Korda's Ulysses S. Tsoutsouvas's take on the material's attitude comes off awkwardly at times, especially after his more evenhanded delivery for Washington. ![]() The outspoken author pulls no punches, taking various biographers to task. He also plumbs Jefferson's contradictions including his relationship with slave Sally Hemmings. , paints a vivid picture of early American life and the influence of Jefferson's humanistic and human rights–driven vision. Hitchens's treatment of the nation's third president in Thomas Jefferson: Author of America Tsoutsouvas's clear-voiced narration of Washington's career as land surveyor, morally heroic commander, Constitution maker reminds listeners why Washington still matters, not only for shaping the executive office but the republic as a whole. , Tsoutsouvas delivers a straightforward rendition of Johnson's historical portrait. ![]() ![]() ![]() In George Washington: The Founding Father His narration is professorial without feeling remote, and his precise inflections and seasoned cadences work well to enliven the drier historical information. Tsoutsouvas offers a fitting voice for this collection of minibiographies of American presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Ulysses S. ![]()
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