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The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family by Annette Gordon-Reed Publisher Comments The immensely rich biography of a houseand#8212;Sylvester Manor, on Shelter Island, New Yorkand#8212;and of the unknown Colonial way of life it reveals The acclaimed author and landscape historian Mac Griswold brings alive the story both of the... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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The Road to Monticello: The Life and Mind of Thomas Jefferson by Kevin Hayes Publisher Comments Thomas Jefferson was an avid book-collector, a voracious reader, and a gifted writer--a man who prided himself on his knowledge of classical and modern languages and whose marginal annotations include quotations from Euripides, Herodotus, and Milton. And... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $14.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Jefferson Lies: Exposing the Myths You've Always Believed about Thomas Jefferson by David Barton Publisher Comments Thomas Jefferson stands falsely accused of several crimes, among them infidelity and disbelief. Noted historian David Barton now sets the record straight. Having borne the brunt of a smear campaign that started more than two centuries ago, the reputation... (read more) Your price: $22.99 New - Hardcover
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Thomas Jefferson: Life, a by Willard Sterne Randall Publisher Comments The highly praised one-volume biography of Thomas Jefferson that provides illuminating new insights into his public and private life--by the award-winning author of A Little Revenge: Benjamin Franklin at War with His Son and Benedict Arnold: Patriot and... (read more) List Price $18.75 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Negro President: Jefferson and the Slave Power by Garry Wills Publisher Comments Moving beyond the recent revisionist debate over Jefferson's own slaves and his relationship with Sally Hemings, Wills instead probes the heart of Jefferson's presidency and political life, revealing how the might of the slave states remained a concern... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Martha Jefferson Randolph, Daughter of Monticello: Her Life and Times by Cynthia A. Kierner Publisher Comments As the oldest and favorite daughter of Thomas Jefferson, Martha "Patsy" Jefferson Randolph (1772-1836) was extremely well educated, traveled in the circles of presidents and aristocrats, and was known on two continents for her particular grace and... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover
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Thomas Jefferson: A Life by Willard Randall Review "Mr. Randall has written a fair-minded, thoroughly researched, lucidly constructed biography, presenting an extraordinary man against the well re-created circumstances of his time. "-The Atlantic"... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Portable Thomas Jefferson (Viking Portable Library) by Thomas Jefferson Publisher Comments Rising to fame as a leader of colonies against an empire, penning the charter of American independence in 1776, Thomas Jefferson embodies the new nation's aspirations for freedom and enlightenment. The Portlable Thomas Jefferson, edited by Merrill D... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Jefferson on Freedom: Wisdom, Advice, and Hints on Freedom, Democracy, and the American Way by Thomas Jefferson Publisher Comments Thomas Jefferson is most famous for the writing of the Declaration of Independence, which espouses the general principles of freedom and democracies that Americans hold dear. Now, collected here for the first time, is this historical American document... (read more) Your price: $9.95 New - Hardcover
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Thomas Jefferson: A Strange Case of Mistaken Identity by Alf Jr Mapp Publisher Comments It is the major premise of this book that the story of Thomas Jefferson in American History is a strange case of mistaken identity resulting in part from willful misrepresentation but even more from the wishful thinking of both admirers and detractors.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Hardcover
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Thomas Jefferson Travels by Thomas Jefferson Publisher Comments Acclaimed travel and adventure expert Anthony Brandt illuminates Jeffersons inspiring voice, restless imagination and penetrating intelligence, drawing on his voluminous travel diaries and personal correspondence to reveal the man himself and the world... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Women Jefferson Loved by Virginia Scharff Publisher Comments Historian Virginia Scharff breaks through the seemingly impenetrable wall separating Thomas Jefferson’s public legacy and his private life, offering an intriguing new portrait of the founding father as seen through the lives of a remarkable group... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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In Defense of Thomas Jefferson: The Sally Hemings Sex Scandal by William G. Hyland Publisher Comments The belief that Thomas Jefferson had an affair and fathered a child (or children) with slave Sally Hemings---and that such an allegation was proven by DNA testing--has become so pervasive in American popular culture that it is not only widely accepted... (read more) Your price: $12.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Visitors to Monticello by Merrill D Peterson Publisher Comments Many visitors over the generations have recorded theirimpressions of Monticello and its creator. These writings, especialy those fromJefferson's lifetime, preserve important details about him and the house and groundsthat might otherwise have been lost... (read more) List Price $26.25 Your price: $11.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Jefferson the Man: In His Own Words by Thomas Jefferson About the Author Robert C. Baron, the founder and chairman of Fulcrum Publishing, is a historian, scientist, and the author of or contributor to 25 books, including Pioneers and Plodders: The American Entrepreneurial Spirit.... (read more) List Price $7.95 Your price: $2.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Negro President: Jefferson and the Slave Power by Garry Wills Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-258) and index.... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Dr. Kimball and Mr. Jefferson: Rediscovering the Founding Fathers of American Architecture by Hugh Howard Publisher Comments When Thomas Jefferson was born, there were few high-style buildings in America, but in a lifetime full of political accomplishments, he also became the father of America's new architecture, enabling the Neoclassical to become the de facto national style... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $11.50 Used - Hardcover
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Jefferson and Monticello: The Biography of a Builder by Jack McLaughlin Publisher Comments This book, a National Book Award nominee in 1988, is the life of Thomas Jefferson as seen through the prism of his love affair with Monticello. For over half a century, it was his consuming passion, his most serious amusement. With a sure command of... (read more) Your price: $9.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Jefferson & His Time #02: Jefferson and the Rights of Man by Dumas Malone Synopsis The second volume in this Pulitzer Prize-winning biography tells the story of the eventful middle years in the life of Thomas Jefferson: his ministry to France in the years just before the French Revolution and during the early stages of that conflict... (read more) List Price $26.25 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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"Those Who Labor for My Happiness": Slavery at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello (Jeffersonian America) by Lucia Stanton Book News Annotation A senior historian at the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello, Stanton assembles nine essays published from 1993 to 2010, and adds two that appear here for the first time. The only changes she has made to the earlier essays is to cite sources... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $16.72 New - Trade Paper
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