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English
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In a compelling, richly researched novel that draws from thousands of letters and original sources, bestselling authors Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie tell the fascinating, untold story of Thomas Jefferson's eldest daughter, Martha "Patsy" Jefferson Randolph-a woman who kept the secrets of our most enigmatic founding father and shaped an American legacy.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"After the death of her beloved mother, Martha Jefferson spent five years abroad with her father, Thomas Jefferson, on his first diplomatic mission to France. Now, at seventeen, Jeffersons bright, handsome eldest daughter is returning to the lush hills of the familys beloved Virginia plantation, Monticello. While the large, beautiful estate is the same as she remembers, Martha has changed. The young girl that sailed to Europe is now a woman with a...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"An irresistibly accessible yet startlingly bold book of short stories and a novella, inspired by Black lives in America and featuring the gripping eponymous work "My Monticello.""--
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...
Author
Series
Homer Kelly mysteries volume 15
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
As Charlottesville, Va., prepares for a presidential visit celebrating the anniversary of Thomas Jefferson's election as U.S. president, a serial killer in the area is stalking female victims. At Monticello newly hired researcher Fern Fisher is trying to burnish Jefferson's tarnished reputation, while in the surrounding woods discontented med student Tom Dean has illegally set up camp. Tom joins Fern in her researches, arguing that sponsoring Lewis...
Author
Series
Rush Revere volume 5
Publisher
Threshold Editions, an imprint of Simon and Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Rush Revere and the kids from Manchester Middle School go back in time and meet the first three presidents of the United States.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
Harriet Hemings, rumored to be the daughter of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, one of his black slaves, struggles with the problems facing her--to escape from the velvet cage that is Monticello, or to stay, and thus remain a slave.
Author
Series
Capital mysteries volume 11
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
While visiting Thomas Jefferson's home, Monticello, presidential stepdaughter KC Corcoran and her friend Marshall investigate the theft of a box of toy horses given to Jefferson by his grandchildren.
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Description
The life of Harriet Hemings, daughter of President Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, his slave and mistress. Passing for white because of her light skin and red hair, Harriet is tormented by the thought that her husband could be jailed and her children sold into slavery if the truth of her race came out. By the author of Echo of Lions.
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
English
Description
When Thomas Jefferson assumed his post as American ambassador to France, he faced daunting political and personal challenges. He struggles to get the young nation recognized as a serious trade nation. He faced grave criticism--how could he profess individual liberty and high standards of honor when he owned slaves and courted the wife of a political acquaintance?
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Maya and other students in Ms. Hopkins class study techniques used by Thomas Jefferson as they grow pea plants and compete to see whose will produce a bowl full of peas first. Includes an afterword about Jefferson.
15) Jefferson's sons
Author
Publisher
Random House/Listening Library
Pub. Date
p2011
Language
English
Description
A fictionalized look at the last twenty years of Thomas Jefferson's life at Monticello through the eyes of three of his slaves, two of whom were his sons by his slave, Sally Hemings.
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Language
English
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In this volume, the author sifts the facts from legends and rumors, treading a path between vilification and hero worship in order to formulate a plausible portrait of the man who still today "hover(s) over the political scene like one of those dirigibles cruising above a crowded football stadium, flashing words of inspiration to both teams."
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 9.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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This is the little-known story of how a newly independent nation was challenged by four Muslim powers and what happened when America's third president decided to stand up to intimidation. When Thomas Jefferson became president in 1801, America faced a crisis. The new nation was deeply in debt and needed its economy to grow quickly, but its merchant ships were under attack. Pirates from North Africa's Barbary coast routinely captured American sailors...
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