The Hemingses of Monticello : an American family / Annette Gordon-Reed.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780393064773 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 0393064778 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 798 p. ; 24 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Co., 2008.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary, etc.: | Traces the history of the Hemings family from early eighteenth-century Virginia to their dispersal after Thomas Jefferson's death in 1826, and describes their family ties to the third president against a backdrop of Revolutionary America and the French Revolution. 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. |
Awards Note: | National Book Award Winner, Nonfiction, 2008. National Book Award Finalist, Nonfiction, 2008. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Rockville Public Library | 92 Gordon-Reed (Text) | 34035114127117 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
Beekley Community Library - New Hartford | 973.4 GORDON-REED (Text) | 32544073144817 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Bentley Memorial Library - Bolton | 973.46/0922 [B] Gor (Text)
Note: Pulitzer Prize / Nonfiction 2009
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33160114344354 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Bethel Public Library | 973.4 GORDON-REED (Text) | 34030104035305 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Burroughs-Saden Main - Bridgeport | 973.4 GORDON-REED (Text) | 34000075018002 | Closed Stacks Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
C.H. Booth Library - Newtown | 973.46 GOR (Text) | 34014116664203 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Chester Public Library | 920 GOR (Text) | 33210000230439 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Derby Neck Library | FEDRL-AM GOR (Text) | 34046114435517 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Douglas Library - North Canaan | B HEMINGS (Text) | 33490000093355 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
Easton Public Library | 973.4 GORDON-REED (Text) | 37777004026357 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |