I didn't realize that I had no idea who he really was until I read this book. I didn't choose it, of course, I read it for my history class. But you really think you know a person, and then...everything shatters. While he was obsessed with morality and quite kind in not patenting any of his useful inventions, he was kind of a shitty husband. He was gone for years at a time (his wife died while he was still out of the country) and was a total perv, even into his seventies. While the actual writing could use some sprucing up, it's worth taking a look at. It kind of makes me wish I had time to read about some other men our country holds on pedestals.
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