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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/225087744 Title: The Hemingses of Monticello : an American family Author: Annette Gordon-Reed Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., ©2008. ISBN/ISSN: 9780393064773 0393064778 9780393337761 0393337766 OCLC:225087744

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The Hemingses of Monticello : an American family

Author:	Annette Gordon-Reed
Publisher:	New York : W.W. Norton & Co., ©2008.
Edition/Format:	Print book : Biography : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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.
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Subjects	Hemings family. Hemings, Sally -- Family. Jefferson, Thomas, -- 1743-1826 -- Family. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	Biographies Biography
Named Person:	Hemings family.; Sally Hemings; Thomas Jefferson; Sally Hemings; Hemings; Jefferson; Hemings family.; Sally Hemings; Thomas Jefferson; Sally Hemings; Thomas Jefferson; Thomas Jefferson; Sally Hemings; Hemings; Jefferson
Material Type:	Biography, Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors:	Annette Gordon-Reed Find more information about:
ISBN:	9780393064773 0393064778 9780393337761 0393337766
OCLC Number:	225087744
Awards:	National Book Award, Nonfiction, 2008 Pulitzer prize, History, 2009
Description:	798 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Contents:	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.
Responsibility:	Annette Gordon-Reed.
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