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Jefferson

Jefferson

The History of Thomas Jefferson

2010•1h 31m
DocumentaryHistory

Thomas Jefferson is the most researched, most written about, most referenced, and most quoted of our Founding Fathers. And yet, somehow, he remains the most stubbornly inscrutable. Embrace and celebrate the third president's complicated life and legacy in the two-hour HISTORY documentary, Jefferson.

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Production

Left/Right, A+E Global Media, History

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Ted Marcoux

Ted Marcoux

Narrator

Robb Warren

Thomas Jefferson

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