J. M. Fenster

I am from Upstate New York and graduated from Colgate University. By and by, articles that I wrote for American Heritage expanded into books, many of which are still sold on Amazon. In Presidential history, the first challenge is finding something new along a well-trodden path. My most recent title, Jefferson's America: The President, the Purchase, and the Explorers Who Transformed a Nation (Crown Publishers) gave me the rare opportunity to present a largely forgotten aspect of Thomas Jefferson and his administration. This summer (2016), I started work on my next book. I live on a farm in Central New York with the members of my family, some of whom are canine, feline or equine. People who visit say it seems to be 1804, or maybe 1810, on my farm. I can't deny that I like it just that way.