The Hemingses of Monticello by Annette Gordon-Reed, Annette Gordon-Reed
The Hemingses of Monticello

Annette Gordon-Reed, Annette Gordon-Reed

The Hemingses of Monticello

Annette Gordon-Reed, Annette Gordon-Reed

816 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction biography history challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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This epic work tells the story of the Hemingses, whose close blood ties to our third president had been systematically expunged from American history until very recently. Now, historian and legal scholar Annette Gordon-Reed traces the Hemings fami...

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informative 100%
challenging 57%
reflective 50%
emotional 34%
sad 19%
hopeful 11%
tense 11%
dark 7%

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medium 24%

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4.12

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