Kevin j hayes biography

About the author Kevin J. Hayes.
Kevin J. Hayes is emeritus professor of English at the University of Central Oklahoma.
A recipient of the George Washington Book Prize, Kevin J. Hayes lives and writes in Toledo, Ohio.

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Kevin J. Hayes is emeritus professor of English at the University of Central Oklahoma. He is the author of George Washington: A Life in Books (Oxford), The Road to Monticello: The Life and Mind of Thomas Jefferson (Oxford) and The Mind of a Patriot: Patrick Henry and the World of Ideas (University of Virginia Press).

Hayes now lives and writes in Toledo, Ohio.

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Biography views Jefferson through written word

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Kevin J. Hayes

ALUMNI | Many books have been written about the events in the life of Thomas Jefferson, as the author of the Declaration of Independence and a Founding Father and president of the United States, but Kevin J. Hayes, AS ’91PhD, has taken a different approach in his book, The Road to Monticello, The Life and Mind of Thomas Jefferson, published by the Oxford University Press.

Hayes, a professor of English at the University of Central Oklahoma, writes that his purpose is to “study what Thomas Jefferson read and what he wrote to show how the written word shaped his life.” He views Jefferson through his literary and intellectual interests, which in turn had a profound effect on his thinking and writing. According to Hayes, “though there have been dozens of Jefferson biographies, remarkably, there has never been a literary biography until now.”

The late J.A. Leo Lemay, Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Professor of English at UD, wrote about The Road to Monticello, “The world’s leading expert on

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Kevin Hayes

American ice hockey player (born 1992)

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Ice hockey player

Kevin Patrick Hayes (born May 8, 1992) is an American professional ice hockey player for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Growing up in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Hayes played hockey for the Noble and Greenough School before being drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks in the first round, 24th overall, of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. Hayes chose to defer his professional career and followed his older brother Jimmy, playing four seasons with the Boston College Eagles. In his senior year, Hayes was selected for the All-Hockey EastFirst Team and AHCAEast First-Team All-American as a result of his play.

Following his tenure at Boston College, Hayes signed his first professional contract with the New York Rangers in 2014 instead of the Blackhawks. He played five seasons in New York before being traded to the Winnipeg Jets in exchange for Brendan Lemieux and two picks in the 2019 draft. After finishing the 2018–