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The Hemingses of Monticello : an American family  Cover Image Book Book

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.
Subject: Hemings family.
Hemings, Sally > Family.
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 > Family.
Enslaved persons.
Slaves > Virginia > Albemarle County > Biography.
African American families > Virginia > Albemarle County.
African American families.
African Americans > Biography.
Racially mixed people > United States > Biography.
Monticello (Va.) > Biography.
Albemarle County (Va.) > Biography.

Available copies

  • 40 of 41 copies available at Bibliomation.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Rockville Public Library. (Show preferred library)

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  • 0 current holds with 41 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
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
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 -

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