Author : William Howard Adams
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 43,82 MB
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780300082616
An illustrated study brings to life the atmosphere and personalities of pre-revolutionary Paris, traces their influence on the American envoy, and recounts his participation in the life of the city and its intrigues at court. UP.
Author : Howard C. Rice
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 13,66 MB
Release : 2015-03-08
Category : History
ISBN : 1400870844
This handsomely illustrated picture book provides a remarkable glimpse of the Paris Jefferson knew—Paris on the eve of the French Revolution. The houses, gardens, bookshops, and landmarks of the time are brought to life through commentary and drawings, paintings, and maps. Originally published in 1976. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Author : Thomas Jefferson
Publisher :
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 12,56 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
A masterly treatment of the epic 3 day Gettysburg Campaign. Complete with detailed maps, Stars in their Courses brilliantly recreates this great battle of the Civil War.
Author : Roy Moore
Publisher : Stewart, Tabori, & Chang
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 30,49 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Jefferson's journey to the South of France in the spring of 1787 is recreated in this stunning new book featuring photographs of the same images Jefferson viewed over 200 years ago. 110 color photos.
Author : John R. Hailman
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 25,24 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781578068418
A connoisseur's compendium of a great American's passion for fine wine
Author : Joseph J. Ellis
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 45,86 MB
Release : 1998-11-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0375727469
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER Following Thomas Jefferson from the drafting of the Declaration of Independence to his retirement in Monticello, Joseph J. Ellis unravels the contradictions of the Jeffersonian character. He gives us the slaveholding libertarian who was capable of decrying mescegenation while maintaing an intimate relationship with his slave, Sally Hemmings; the enemy of government power who exercisdd it audaciously as president; the visionarty who remained curiously blind to the inconsistencies in his nature. American Sphinx is a marvel of scholarship, a delight to read, and an essential gloss on the Jeffersonian legacy.
Author : Catherine Kerrison
Publisher :
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 49,76 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1101886242
Includes a partial Heming's family tree.
Author : Alan Pell Crawford
Publisher : Random House
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 50,64 MB
Release : 2008-11-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1588368386
Twilight at Monticello is something entirely new: an unprecedented and engrossing personal look at the intimate Jefferson in his final years that will change the way readers think about this true American icon. It was during these years–from his return to Monticello in 1809 after two terms as president until his death in 1826–that Jefferson’s idealism would be most severely, and heartbreakingly, tested. Based on new research and documents culled from the Library of Congress, the Virginia Historical Society, and other special collections, including hitherto unexamined letters from family, friends, and Monticello neighbors, Alan Pell Crawford paints an authoritative and deeply moving portrait of Thomas Jefferson as private citizen–the first original depiction of the man in more than a generation.
Author : Jan Lewis
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 37,91 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780813919195
The DNA tests would not have been conducted had there not already been strong historical evidence for the possibility of a relationship. As historians from Winthrop D. Jordan to Annette Gordon-Reed have argued, much more is at stake in this liaison than the mere question of paternity: historians must ask themselves if they are prepared to accept the full implications of our complicated racial history, a history powerfully shaped by the institution of slavery and by sex across the color line.
Author : Conor Cruise O'Brien
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 22,91 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780226616568
As controversial and explosive as it is elegant and learned, this examination of Thomas Jefferson, as man and icon, through the critical lens of the French Revolution, offers a provocative analysis of the supreme symbol of American history and political culture and challenges the traditional perceptions of both Jeffersonian history and the Jeffersonian legacy. 15 illustrations.
