The Women Jefferson Loved [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]

Scharff, Virginia

Verlag: Harper, New York, 2010

Beschreibung

Fine condition orange boards with a dark orange spine and gold spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. Includes Praise for The Women Jefferson Loved; Author Dedication; The Jefferson-Wayles-Hemings Family Tree; Preliminary Page Jefferson Quote; A Few Words on Nomenclature and Genealogy; Introduction; Acknowledgments; Dramatis Personae; Notes; Bibliography; Illustration Credits; and Index. Illustrated with a section of color photographic plates plus front and rear endpaper maps. "The book rests on a brilliant concept, which is then skillfully realized: We've all heard about the influence of the women 'behind' great men. Virginia Scharff actually shows this by examining all the women in Jefferson's life - his mother, white wife, black common-law wife, daughters, and granddaughters. A grand, lively read." - Linda Gordon, author. "Throughout his life, Thomas Jefferson constructed a seemingly impenetrable wall between his public legacy and his private life, a division maintained by his family and the several traditional biographies written about this founding father. 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." - from the inner front jacket flap. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 004830

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Women Jefferson Loved [FIRST EDITION, ...

Verlag: Harper, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 2010

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine

Auflage: 1st Edition