author of in pursuit of jefferson traveling through europe with the most perplexing founding father. and now for the men, event we are so thrilled to have derek baxter here with us today. he s the author of in pursuit of jefferson, traveling three years with the most perplexing founding father. joining us today from fairfax, virginia, where he lives with his wife and children. and in his words, they live quite a peaceful life there before deciding to follow thomas jefferson s travel advice across europe. so he s going to tell you a little bore bit more about the book and resource wealth to having me here. derek baxter, everybody. great! well, thank you. thank you and c-span. thank you everybody for watching. so yes, this book is about, it s about me following jefferson s travels across europe. and israeli, it was a chance to learn about a different side of jefferson that we don t often hear about. we all know about the younger jefferson who wrote the declaration of indepe
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