THE HEMINGSES OF MONTICELLO by Annette Gordon-Reed ( 9780393337761 )

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Title:

THE HEMINGSES OF MONTICELLO
AN AMERICAN FAMILY

By:

Annette Gordon-Reed

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0393337766

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9780393337761

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Publisher:

WW NORTON & CO

Pub. date:

1 September, 2009

Pages:

816

Description:

Winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize: "[A] commanding and important book."-Jill Lepore, The New Yorker

Synopsis:

This epic work-named a best book of the year by the Washington Post, Time, the Los Angeles Times, Amazon, the San Francisco Chronicle, and a notable book by the New York Times-tells the story of the Hemingses, whose close blood ties to our third president had been systematically expunged from American history until very recently. Now, historian and legal scholar Annette Gordon-Reed traces the Hemings family from its origins in Virginia in the 1700s to the family's dispersal after Jefferson's death in 1826.

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37 illustrations

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WW Norton & Co

Prizes:

Winner of Library of Virginia Literary Award 2009 Winner of National Book Award 2008 Winner of Frederick Douglass Prize 2009 Winner of National Book Critics Circle Award 2016 Winner of George Washington Book Prize 2009 Winner of Pulitzer Prize 2009 Winner of Anisfield-Wolf Book Award 2009 Winner of New York Times Notable Selection 2008 Winner of Southern Historical Association Owsley Award 2009

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