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The Hemingses of Monticello : an American family
Historian and legal scholar Gordon-Reed presents this epic work that tells the story of the Hemingses, an American slave family, and their close blood ties to Thomas Jefferson.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780393064773 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 0393064778 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9780393337761
- ISBN: 0393337766
- Physical Description: 798 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2008]
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 737-753) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | pt. 1. Origins. -- Young Elizabeth's world -- John Wayles: the immigrant -- The children of no one -- Thomas Jefferson -- The first Monticello -- In the home of a revolutionary -- pt. 2. The vaunted scene of Europe. -- "A particular purpose" -- James Hemings: the provincial abroad -- "Isabel or Sally will come" -- Dr. Sutton -- The rhythms of the city -- The eve of revolution -- "During that time" -- Sarah Hemings: the fatherless girl in a patriarchal society -- The teenagers and the woman -- "His promises on which she implicitly relied" -- "The treaty" and "did they love each other?" -- The return -- pt. 3. On the mountain. -- Hello and goodbye -- Equilibrium -- The brothers -- Philadelphia -- Exodus -- The second Monticello -- Into the future, echoes from the past -- The ocean of life -- The public world and the private domain -- "Measurably happy": the children of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings -- Retirement for one, not for all -- Endings and beginnings. |
| Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | British Library not licensed to copy 0. |
| Awards Note: | National Book Award, Nonfiction, 2008 Frederick Douglass Book Prize, 2009 Pulitzer prize, History, 2009 George Washington Prize, 2009 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, 2009 Nonfiction |
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