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Clay S. Jenkinson
writer, award-winning first-person interpreter
A native of North Dakota, Mr. Jenkinson is a writer, lecturer, and award-winning first-person interpreter. He is the host of a nationally syndicated radio program, *The Thomas Jefferson Hour*, and of a weekly television book review program. He has appeared on *the Today Show*, *Politically Incorrect*, and CNN, and was a main commentator for Ken Burnss PBS documentary on *Thomas Jefferson* as well as the on-camera host of the documentary *Travelin' on the Lewis & Clark Trail*.