Dumas Malone's classic six-volume biography Jefferson and His Time was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in history and became the standard work on Jefferson's life.

Volume 4. Jefferson the President; First Term, 1801-1805
Examining the first four years of Jefferson's presidency, this volume provides a fascinating account of the Louisiana Purchase, Jefferson's continuing opposition to Hamilton's charge for an overriding central government, and his battle with the Supreme Court.