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The Hemingses of Monticello : an American family

text The Hemingses of Monticello : an American family

Summary

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.

Contents
I: 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 -- II: The vaunted scene of Europe -- "A particular purpose" -- James Hemin... Read more
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Description
798 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Co. 2008

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Library Location Status
Woodmere (Main Branch) 973.4 GOR in Adult Non-fiction Reshelving
Peninsula Community Library B Hemings Gor in Adult Available

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