Jefferson And Monticello: The Biography Of A Builder the biography of a builder
by Jack Mclaughlin
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good condition, Clean and Bright/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0805004823
- ISBN 13
- 9780805004823
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About This Item
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 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...
Henry Holt and Co. First Edition 5/15/88. Boook in Very Good condition, Clean and Bright, very slight pulling of spine at the top, no bumped corners. DJ is very clean, text is bright, colors vibrant.
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- Title
- Jefferson And Monticello: The Biography Of A Builder the biography of a builder
- Author
- Jack Mclaughlin
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good condition, Clean and Bright
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Henry Holt and Co. First Edition 5/15/88.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0805004823
- ISBN 13
- 9780805004823
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- (1988)
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