What Would Jefferson Do?: A Return to Democracy - Softcover

"A riveting and absolutely essential book for reflecting upon and awakening to the real meaning of America and the hope it still offers to the world." --Jacob Needleman, author of The American Soul

"In this season of witches, with the forces of unreason evidently in command, it is a joy to rediscover just how great an ally we, the people, have in Thomas Jefferson. His ideals, we find, are ours, now more than ever; and so all true patriots should turn to him again for solace, guidance, and inspiration. Kudos to Thom Hartmann for this wise and necessary book." --Mark Crispin Miller, author of Cruel and Unusual: Bush/Cheney's New World Order

"Thom Hartmann offers us an eye-opening view of how democracy is threatened. America needs this book now more than ever before." --Greg Palast, author of The Best Democracy Money Can Buy

An eye-opening history of democracy in America and around the world explores how the founding fathers drew on the models of Athenian democracy, the Roman republic, and the Iroquois confederacy to develop their own vision and offers a inspiring and realistic plan for reviving Jeffersonian democracy in an America in which its principles are under siege. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.