American Sphinx
| Cover of 1998 Vintage paperback edition. | |
| Author | Joseph Ellis | 
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| Language | English | 
| Genre | History | 
| Publisher | Knopf | 
| Publication date | 1996 | 
| Publication place | United States | 
| Media type | Print (hardcover and paperback) | 
| Pages | 384 | 
| ISBN | 0-679-44490-4 (first edition, hardcover) | 
| OCLC | 34934008 | 
American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson, is a 1996 book written by Joseph Ellis, a professor of history at Mount Holyoke College. It won the 1997 National Book Award for Nonfiction.