The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family Hardcover - 2008
by Annette Gordon-Reed
Historian and legal scholar Gordon-Reed presents this epic work that tells the story of the Hemingses, an American slave family and their close blood ties to Thomas Jefferson.
From the rear cover
Praise for The Hemingses of Monticello:
"Annette Gordon-Reed has broken a path into territory that has hitherto eluded historians: what happens to intimate human relations, those between lover and loved, parent and child, brother and sister, when one among them is enslaved to another. The result is not simply a fascinating story in itself, but a new perspective on how the humanity of slaves and a slave owner could adjust and survive in circumstances designed to obliterate it." --Edmund S. Morgan, author of American Slavery
"Thomas Jefferson often described his slaves at Monticello as 'my family.' Annette Gordon-Reed has taken that description seriously. Surely more seriously than Jefferson ever intended! The result, the story of the Hemings family, is the most comprehensive account of one slave family ever written. It is not a pretty story, but it is poignant beyond belief. And it demonstrates conclusively that we must put aside Gone with the Wind forever and begin to study Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom!" --Joseph J. Ellis, author of American Sphinx
"This is not only a riveting history of a slave family on a grand scale, it is also a rarely seen portrait of the family in the Big House, with a remarkable account of the relationship of white and black families. This work catapults Gordon-Reed into the very first rank of historians of slavery." --John Hope Franklin, author of From Slavery to Freedom
"From years of painstaking research, Annette Gordon-Reed has crafted a brave, compelling, and moving family saga about slavery and freedom. This work is a beautifully written, textured story about race, tragedy, and sometimes hope--America's story. If this country has a modern Shakespeare looking for material, Gordon-Reed has provided it." --David W. Blight, Yale University, author of A Slave No More
"Annette Gordon-Reed's splendid achievement will have the last word on Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, for one cannot imagine another historian matching her exhaustive research and interpretive balance." --David Levering Lewis, author of W. E. B. Du Bois
"Annette Gordon-Reed is a prodigiously gifted historian and The Hemingses of Monticello is her masterpiece. Bringing the Hemings family out of the shadows and into vibrant life, Gordon-Reed restores them to their proper role at Thomas Jefferson's mountaintop home. Jefferson's Virginia--and Jefferson himself--will never look the same." --Peter Onuf, author of Jefferson's Empire: The Language of American Nationhood
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- Title The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family
- Author Annette Gordon-Reed
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 800
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher W. W. Norton & Company, New York
- Date 2008-09
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780393064773 / 0393064778
- Weight 2.55 lbs (1.16 kg)
- Dimensions 9.48 x 6.64 x 1.62 in (24.08 x 16.87 x 4.11 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 18th Century
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Chronological Period: 1800-1850
- Cultural Region: South Atlantic
- Cultural Region: Southeast U.S.
- Cultural Region: South
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Geographic Orientation: Virginia
- Topical: Black History
- Library of Congress subjects African Americans, Racially mixed people - United States
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008014642
- Dewey Decimal Code B
Media reviews
Citations
- Booklist, 08/01/2008, Page 0
- Chronicle of Higher Education, 11/07/2008, Page 27
- Essence, 09/01/2008, Page 96
- Kirkus Reviews, 07/01/2008, Page 687
- Library Journal, 08/15/2008, Page 96
- Library Journal Prepub Alert, 05/01/2008, Page 42
- New York Review of Books, 10/09/2008, Page 15
- New York Times Book Review, 10/12/2008, Page 30
- New Yorker (The), 09/22/2008, Page 86
- NY Times Notable Bks of Year, 12/07/2008, Page 11
- Publishers Weekly, 07/14/2008, Page 57
- Publishers Weekly Best Books, 11/03/2008, Page 29
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