| Authors: |
Wiencek, Henry.
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| Material type: |
Book |
| Subject: |
Slaves -- Virginia -- Albemarle County -- History.
Plantation life -- Virginia -- Albemarle County -- History.
Monticello (Va.) -- History.
Jefferson, Thomas,1743-1826 -- Relations with slaves.
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c2012. |
| Description: |
336 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, geneal. tables ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780374299569 0374299560 |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Summary: |
"Master of the Mountain," Henry Wiencek's eloquent, persuasive book--based on new information coming from archaeological work at Monticello and on hitherto overlooked or disregarded evidence in Jefferson's papers--opens up a huge, poorly understood dimension of Jefferson's world."--Publisher's description. |