Jefferson & the Ordeal of Liberty - Tapa dura

[Jefferson] Malone, Dumas. Jefferson and the Ordeal of Liberty. Edition (First, Second, Third ?). How many volumes ? Boston, Little Brown and Company, 1962. 22.4cm x 15.2cm. xxx, 545 pages. Frontispiece portrait of Jefferson. Original hardcover in original illustrated dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. This is the third volume in Dumas Malone's monumental multi-volume biography of Thomas Jefferson, Jefferson and His Time. In this volume, Dr. Malone begins with Jefferson's final phase of service as secretary of state in Washington's cabinet in one of the most momentous years in the modern history of the Western world and goes on to Jefferson's own election as President in 1801. The book is divided into five sections: Frustration in Philadelphia; The Achievement of Neutrality; Rural Interlude; The Road to Opposition - which answers the baffling question of the exact nature of Jefferson's leadership as it tells the story of how he came to head the Republican Party; and The Crisis of Democratic Republicanism, which shows how Jefferson, as a party leader and a lifelong champion of individual freedom, faced the challence of one of the most intolerant periods of all American history.