We all know the tired old legends and facts - Geor...  ...ts for all of his horses.2. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died on the same day - July 4, 1826, which just s...  ...ary of the Declaration of Independence. 3. Thomas Jefferson attributed his long life (he lived to the age of...

Author and illustrator Maira Kalman took a trip...  ...man took a trip to Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson and was moved to write a travelogue. But this is...  ...is is no ordinary travelogue. Kalman writes about Jefferson 's life and philosophy as well as his home, with w...