New Book Imagines Thomas Jefferson Wandering Into the Modern World

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David E. Pullmann has published "Zechariah meets Thomas Jefferson," a short novel built on a simple premise: a young man named Zechariah finds Thomas Jefferson wandering his neighborhood, invites him home, and ends up walking the third president through two centuries of change. The book, published through Christian Faith Publishing, runs 20 pages and became available in paperback on September 17, 2026.

As narrator, Zechariah introduces Jefferson to the digital revolution, advances in medicine, social progress, and the evolution of the democratic ideals Jefferson himself championed. According to the publisher, the book uses that setup to ask how a founder might judge whether the country lived up to what he envisioned, and what from his era still holds up.

Pullmann spent more than three decades at the Library of Congress, starting as a music cataloger before moving into systems analysis, where he wrote software for cataloging operations. He holds a graduate degree in musicology and a library science degree from Catholic University, and worked separately as a flight instructor in the Washington, D.C. area. The publisher’s announcement frames that career-long focus on how information gets organized and passed down as the throughline behind the book’s premise.

"I wanted to create a space where readers could reimagine history through fresh dialogue," Pullmann said in the announcement. "By placing Jefferson in our world, we can examine both how far we’ve come and what we might have lost in the process."

The book is described as blending humor with more serious reflection as Jefferson reacts to a world he couldn’t have anticipated. It’s available through major retailers including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Google Play, and the Apple iTunes Store, as well as through Christian Faith Publishing directly.

Studio CarryOnHarry finds the premise an efficient device for a civics conversation dressed up as fiction — the kind of book likely to find its audience among readers already inclined to think about founders and legacy, rather than one aiming for a wide crossover readership.

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