The Road From Monticello

Author : Kevin J. Hayes
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 752 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199719082

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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 yet there has never been a literary life of our most literary president. In The Road to Monticello, Kevin J. Hayes fills this important gap by offering a lively account of Jefferson's spiritual and intellectual development, focusing on the books and ideas that exerted the most profound influence on him. Moving chronologically through Jefferson's life, Hayes reveals the full range and depth of Jefferson's literary passions, from the popular "small books" sold by traveling chapmen, such as The History of Tom Thumb, which enthralled him as a child; to his lifelong love of Aesop's Fables and Robinson Crusoe; his engagement with Horace, Ovid, Virgil and other writers of classical antiquity; and his deep affinity with the melancholy verse of Ossian, the legendary third-century Gaelic warrior-poet. Drawing on Jefferson's letters, journals, and commonplace books, Hayes offers a wealth of new scholarship on the print culture of colonial America, reveals an intimate portrait of Jefferson's activities beyond the political chamber, and reconstructs the president's investigations in such different fields of knowledge as law, history, philosophy and natural science. Most importantly, Hayes uncovers the ideas and exchanges which informed the thinking of America's first great intellectual and shows how his lifelong pursuit of knowledge culminated in the formation of a public offering, the "academic village" which became UVA, and his more private retreat at Monticello. Gracefully written and painstakingly researched, The Road to Monticello provides an invaluable look at Jefferson's intellectual and literary life, uncovering the roots of some of the most important--and influential--ideas that have informed American history.

Author : Jocelyn Nicole Johnson
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250807168

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My Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson Pdf

“A badass debut by any measure—nimble, knowing, and electrifying.” —Colson Whitehead, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Nickel Boys and Harlem Shuffle "...'My Monticello' is, quite simply, an extraordinary debut from a gifted writer with an unflinching view of history and what may come of it." — The Washington Post Winner of the Weatherford Award in Fiction A winner of 2022 Lillian Smith Book Awards A young woman descended from Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings driven from her neighborhood by a white militia. A university professor studying racism by conducting a secret social experiment on his own son. A single mother desperate to buy her first home even as the world hurtles toward catastrophe. Each fighting to survive in America. Tough-minded, vulnerable, and brave, Jocelyn Nicole Johnson’s precisely imagined debut explores burdened inheritances and extraordinary pursuits of belonging. Set in the near future, the eponymous novella, “My Monticello,” tells of a diverse group of Charlottesville neighbors fleeing violent white supremacists. Led by Da’Naisha, a young Black descendant of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, they seek refuge in Jefferson’s historic plantation home in a desperate attempt to outlive the long-foretold racial and environmental unravelling within the nation. In “Control Negro,” hailed by Roxane Gay as “one hell of story,” a university professor devotes himself to the study of racism and the development of ACMs (average American Caucasian males) by clinically observing his own son from birth in order to “painstakingly mark the route of this Black child too, one whom I could prove was so strikingly decent and true that America could not find fault in him unless we as a nation had projected it there.” Johnson’s characters all seek out home as a place and an internal state, whether in the form of a Nigerian widower who immigrates to a meager existence in the city of Alexandria, finding himself adrift; a young mixed-race woman who adopts a new tongue and name to escape the landscapes of rural Virginia and her family; or a single mother who seeks salvation through “Buying a House Ahead of the Apocalypse.” United by these characters’ relentless struggles against reality and fate, My Monticello is a formidable book that bears witness to this country’s legacies and announces the arrival of a wildly original new voice in American fiction.

Author : Washington Territory. Legislative Assembly. Council
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1861
Category : Electronic
ISBN : CHI:095914155

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Journal ... by Washington Territory. Legislative Assembly. Council Pdf

Author : United States. President
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 824 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1861
Category : United States
ISBN : STANFORD:36105026308150

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The Abridgment ... Containing the Annual Message of the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress ... with Reports of Departments and Selections from Accompanying Papers by United States. President Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 622 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1862
Category : United States
ISBN : OXFORD:555037811

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Senate Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Public Documents and Executive Documents by United States. Congress. Senate Pdf

Author : Insight Guides
Publisher : Apa Publications (UK) Limited
Page : 732 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781780059990

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Insight Guides United States on the Road by Insight Guides Pdf

Plan the perfect road trip with Insight Guide USA On The Road, an inspiring, full-colour travel guide to the ultimate American travel experience - taking you to the open road across the USA: An inspirational Best of the United States section illustrates on-the-road highlights, making sure you don't miss anything these spectacular trips have to offer, from historical sites to best diners. With a longer and more in-depth history and culture section than its competitors, this guide is essential background reading for anyone who's ever dreamt of driving across the USA. The informative text, written by regional experts, is a pleasure to read and accompanied by stunning photography. Five routes covered in detail: the Atlantic Route (New York City to Florida Keys), The Northern Route (Boston to the Olympic Peninsula), the Central Route (Washington, DC to Los Angeles), the Southern Route (Atlanta to San Diego) and the Pacific Route (San Diego to Washington State). Special features on American Artists and the Road and the legendary Route 66. Lavish photo features illustrate how to make the most of your time in America's main cities. Selective listings hand-picked by our local writers for where to stay and eat; comprehensive advice to help you plan your trip. About Insight Guides: Insight Guides has over 40 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce around 400 full-color print guide books and maps as well as picture-packed eBooks to meet different travelers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture together create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure. 'Insight Guides has spawned many imitators but is still the best of its type.' - Wanderlust Magazine

Author : Betty Lynne Hull
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2012-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781475936834

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Monticello's Dark Secret by Betty Lynne Hull Pdf

The moment Martha Jefferson discovers that a few drops of Negro blood course through her aristocratic veins, she knows she will do anything to keep this terrible secret from her politically ambitious husband, Thomas. When fire strikes Monticello, the resulting repairs to Thomas Jefferson's historic home reveal a human skeleton, and the questions begin. . . the "when" is easily discovered, but the "who" and the "why" weave a tantalizing mystery that is Monticello's dark secret. In this well-researched novel, which successfully melds historical fact with an intriguing 'what if', we are led back in time to the gripping tale of two women, Martha Jefferson and Betty Hemings, mother of infamous Sally Hemings, both forgotten threads in the rich tapestry of America's history. Nothing about them save their names has survived the centuries-- not a likeness nor a personal letter. We know both belonged to the same man, Thomas Jefferson, one through the vows of marriage and the other through the laws of slavery, and that both lived, dreamed and died in Virginia at a time in our new Nation when fact was more exciting than fiction. Now, we can finally know and understand them as they might have been.

Author : United States. War Department
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1166 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Confederate States of America
ISBN : UGA:32108007247037

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The War of the Rebellion by United States. War Department Pdf

Official records produced by the armies of the United States and the Confederacy, and the executive branches of their respective governments, concerning the military operations of the Civil War, and prisoners of war or prisoners of state. Also annual reports of military departments, calls for troops, correspondence between national and state governments, correspondence between Union and Confederate officials. The final volume includes a synopsis, general index, special index for various military divisions, and background information on how these documents were collected and published. Accompanied by an atlas.

Author : United States Senate
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 622 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1862
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11037282

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Senate Documents by United States Senate Pdf

Author : Insight Guides
Publisher : Apa Publications (UK) Limited
Page : 1161 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-25
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781780056326

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Insight Guides: USA on the Road by Insight Guides Pdf

Plan the perfect road trip with Insight Guide USA On The Road, an inspiring, full-colour travel guide to the ultimate American travel experience - taking to the open road across the USA:An inspirational Best of the United States section illustrates on-the-road highlights, making sure you don't miss anything these spectacular trips have to offer, from historical sites to best diners. With a longer and more in-depth history and culture section than its competitors, this guide is essential background reading for anyone who's ever dreamt of driving across the USA. The informative text, written by regional experts, is a pleasure to read and accompanied by stunning photography. Five routes covered in detail: the Atlantic Route (New York City to Florida Keys), The Northern Route (Boston to the Olympic Peninsula), the Central Route (Washington, DC to Los Angeles), the Southern Route (Atlanta to San Diego) and the Pacific Route (San Diego to Washington State). Special features on American Artists and the Road and the legendary Route 66. Lavish photo features illustrate how to make the most of your time in America's main cities. Selective listings hand-picked by our local writers for where to stay and eat; comprehensive advice to help you plan your trip: when to go, driving tips, and festivals and activities along the route.

Author : Joseph Clarke ROBERT
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1941
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0598944702

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The Road from Monticello, a Study of the Virginia Slavery Debate of 1832 by Joseph Clarke ROBERT Pdf

Author : Donna Ikenberry
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781493043170

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Camping Utah by Donna Ikenberry Pdf

Looking for the ideal spot to pitch your tent or park your RV? Let Camping Utah, Third Edition take you there. This fully updated and revised comprehensive guidebook gives detailed descriptions of more than 300 public campgrounds throughout Utah. These are campsites managed by national, state, city, and county parks; the USDA Forest Service; the Bureau of Land Management; tribal organizations; and several private companies. They're in remote wilderness areas and near cities, in deserts and on mountaintops, along raging rivers and by popular lakes. Easy-to-use maps and charts will help you choose the perfect site for your next camping trip, whether you're going alone, as a family, or with a group. You'll also find vital information on: ·Campground locations ·Facilities and hookups ·Fees and reservations ·Recreational activities ·GPS coordinates for each campground

Author : Connie Willis
Publisher : Spectra
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1992-06-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780553270259

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Lincoln's Dreams by Connie Willis Pdf

"A novel of classical proportions and virtues...humane and moving."–The Washington Post Book World "A love story on more than one level, and Ms. Willis does justice to them all. It was only toward the end of the book that I realized how much tension had been generated, how engrossed I was in the characters, how much I cared about their fates."–The New York Times Book Review For Jeff Johnston, a young historical reseacher for a Civil War novelist, reality is redefined on a bitter cold night near the close of a lingering winter. He meets Annie, an intense and lovely young woman suffering from vivid, intense nightmares. Haunted by the dreamer and her unrelenting dreams, Jeff leads Annie on an emotional odyssey through the heartland of the Civil War in search of a cure. On long-silenced battlefields their relationship blossoms–two obsessed lovers linked by unbreakable chains of history, torn by a duty that could destroy them both. Suspenseful, moving, and highly compelling, Lincoln’s Dreams is a novel of rare imaginative power.

Author : John R. Maass
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781625849212

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The Road to Yorktown: Jefferson, Lafayette and the British Invasion of Virginia by John R. Maass Pdf

In 1781, Virginia was invaded by formidable British forces that sought to subdue the Old Dominion. Lieutenant General Charles, Lord Cornwallis, led thousands of enemy troops from Norfolk to Charlottesville, burning and pillaging. Many of Virginia's famed Patriots--including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry and Nathanael Greene'struggled to defend the commonwealth. Only by concentrating a small band of troops under energetic French general the Marquis de Lafayette were American forces able to resist British operations. With strained support from Governor Jefferson's administration, Lafayette fought a campaign against the veteran soldiers of Lord Cornwallis that eventually led to the famed showdown at Yorktown. Historian John R. Maass traces this often overlooked Revolutionary struggle for Virginia and details each step on the road to Yorktown.

Author : Joseph Clarke Robert
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1494018950

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The Road from Monticello by Joseph Clarke Robert Pdf

This is a new release of the original 1941 edition.