The Resource The women Jefferson loved, Virginia Scharff
The women Jefferson loved, Virginia Scharff
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- Summary
- Throughout his life, Thomas Jefferson constructed a seemingly impenetrable wall between his public legacy and his private life. Now Virginia Scharff breaks down the barrier between Jefferson's public and private histories to offer an intriguing new portrait of this complicated and influential figure, as seen through the lives of a remarkable group of women. Scharff brings together for the first time in one volume the stories of these diverse women, separated by race but related by blood, including Jefferson's mother, Jane Randolph; his wife, Martha; her half sister, Sally Hemings, his slave mistress; his daughters; and his granddaughters. "Their lives, their Revolutions, their vulnerabilities, shaped the choices Jefferson made, from the selection of words and ideas in his Declaration, to the endless building of his mountaintop mansion, to the vision of a great agrarian nation that powered his Louisiana Purchase," Scharff writes. Based on a wealth of sources, including family letters, and written with empathy and great insight, The Women Jefferson Loved is a welcome new look at this legendary American and one that offers a fresh twist on American history itself
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxviii, 464 p.
- Note
- Originally published: New York : Harper, c2010
- Isbn
- 9780061227080
- Label
- The women Jefferson loved
- Title
- The women Jefferson loved
- Statement of responsibility
- Virginia Scharff
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Throughout his life, Thomas Jefferson constructed a seemingly impenetrable wall between his public legacy and his private life. Now Virginia Scharff breaks down the barrier between Jefferson's public and private histories to offer an intriguing new portrait of this complicated and influential figure, as seen through the lives of a remarkable group of women. Scharff brings together for the first time in one volume the stories of these diverse women, separated by race but related by blood, including Jefferson's mother, Jane Randolph; his wife, Martha; her half sister, Sally Hemings, his slave mistress; his daughters; and his granddaughters. "Their lives, their Revolutions, their vulnerabilities, shaped the choices Jefferson made, from the selection of words and ideas in his Declaration, to the endless building of his mountaintop mansion, to the vision of a great agrarian nation that powered his Louisiana Purchase," Scharff writes. Based on a wealth of sources, including family letters, and written with empathy and great insight, The Women Jefferson Loved is a welcome new look at this legendary American and one that offers a fresh twist on American history itself
- Biography type
- collective biography
- Cataloging source
- GCmBT
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Scharff, Virginia
- Dewey number
-
- 973.4/6092
- B
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E332.2
- LC item number
- .S33 2011
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Jefferson, Thomas
- Jefferson, Thomas
- Jefferson family
- Presidents
- Label
- The women Jefferson loved, Virginia Scharff
- Note
- Originally published: New York : Harper, c2010
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [443]-449) and index
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- xxviii, 464 p.
- Isbn
- 9780061227080
- Isbn Type
- (trade pbk.)
- Other physical details
- ill. (chiefly col.), maps
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)708358656
- (OCoLC)522429360
- Label
- The women Jefferson loved, Virginia Scharff
- Note
- Originally published: New York : Harper, c2010
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [443]-449) and index
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- xxviii, 464 p.
- Isbn
- 9780061227080
- Isbn Type
- (trade pbk.)
- Other physical details
- ill. (chiefly col.), maps
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)708358656
- (OCoLC)522429360
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