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Summary: At last, an explanation that makes sense
Review: Thomas Jefferson has been a hero to me all my long life. Regardless what a few columnists and historians said about him after they learned he had, in fact, romanced his late wife's half-sister, Sally Hemings, he remained my hero. But I always wondered about the odd personal habits those historians and other writers had kept describing and referring to. Seems to me they should have shown the intellectual curiosity to try to track them down. This book has not only tracked down those oddities of Jefferson but has shown them to be elements of an identifiable pattern. The conclusions by the gentleman who wrote this book are believable to those who understand spectrum disorders. I applaud him for making such a discovery.
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Summary: Mary - parent of autistic son
Review: While I agree that Thomas Jefferson was autistic, I think that Mr. Ledgin goes on and on for at least 200 pages more than necessary. I think he proves his point in the first few paragraphs. Going on and on with tiny details that no one cares about just makes me think that Mr. Ledgin is probably somewhere on the autistic spectrum as well. This would have made a very good magazine article. Way to long and dry for anyone but the most devoted fan to read.
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