JEFFERSON AND MONTICELLO BIOGRAPHY OF A BUILDER

1988 GOOD SOFTCOVER, LIGHT EXTERNAL RUBBING/WEAR HENRY HOLT [MCLAUGHLIN, JACK] SPINE GOOD+, NO WRITING INSIDE, PAGES A BIT TANNED BIOGRAPHY OF A BUILDER

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A National Book Award nominee in 1988, Jack McLaughlin's biography tells 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 sources and skilled intuitive understanding of Jefferson, McLaughlin crafts and uncommon portrait of builder and building alike. En route he tells us much about life in Virginia; about Monticello's craftsmen and how they worked their materials; about slavery, class, and family; and, above all, about the multiplicity of domestic concerns that preoccupied this complex man. It is and engaging and incisive look at the eighteenth-century mind: systematic, rational, and curious, but also playful, comfort-loving, and amusing. Ultimately, it provides readers with great insight into daily life in Colonial and Federal America.

Product Info

ISBN: 0805014632

ISBN-13: 9780805014631

Publisher: HENRY HOLT

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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