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About Derek Baxter

Derek Baxter is the author of In Pursuit of Jefferson: Traveling through Europe with the Most Perplexing Founding Father, in which he recounts his journeys through six countries, armed with a guide written by Jefferson in 1788. The Forgotten World War is his second book. He lives with his family in northern Virginia.

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Taking notes among the falling leaves at the Palais Royale in Paris.

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The author, playing Jefferson in his fourth grade play, and playing Jefferson as an (allegedly) grown man.

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The Author

Derek Baxter graduated from the University of Virginia with a degree in history. He wrote a book about his experience following the route through Europe that Jefferson set out in Hints to Americans. After years of research, Derek made nine separate trips abroad on Jefferson's trail. 

 

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