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Title: Thomas Jefferson's Monticello by William L. Beiswanger, Peter J. Hatch, Susan R. Stein, Wendell Garrett, Lucia C. Stanton ISBN: 1-882886-18-6 Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr Pub. Date: 24 June, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: Beautiful guide to America's most interesting house
Comment: One of the clichés about Monticello is that few houses do so good a job revealing the personality of its builder. But clichés get to be such generally because there's truth to them, and that's definitely the case here. If Thomas Jefferson was one of the most interesting figures in American history (and I think that's unquestionably true), then Monticello may well be one of America's most interesting houses. And for this colorful book produced by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, we are guided through the house and grounds by people who know their stuff.
Specifically, the chapters of this title are written by Monticello's director of restoration, the curator, the director of gardens and grounds, and other experts associated with the Foundation. Large, colorful photos are accompanied by informed commentary and all the requisite history, as well as documentation of the decades of restoration work it has taken to get the house and grounds to its current condition. A book doesn't make up for a visit in person -- if anything, I wished for more photos of the interior, especially of the book room and "cabinet." But for a general overview of the house, grounds, and collection, and an insight into the man himself, this book is hard to beat. I recommend it as a souvenir, as well as a nice companion to a Jefferson biography.
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Title: Worlds of Thomas Jefferson At Monticello by Susan R. Stein ISBN: 0810939673 Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Pub. Date: 15 May, 1993 List Price(USD): $65.00 |
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Title: Thomas Jefferson : The Built Legacy of Our Third President by Hugh Howard ISBN: 0847825469 Publisher: Rizzoli Pub. Date: 23 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: The Garden and Farm Books of Thomas Jefferson by Robert C. Baron, Thomas Jefferson ISBN: 1555910130 Publisher: Fulcrum Pub Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Monticello in Measured Drawings by William L. Beiswanger, Historic American Buildings Survey, Historic American Engineering Recor ISBN: 1882886097 Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr Pub. Date: 25 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: George Washington's Mount Vernon by Wendell Garrett, Susan Gray Detweiler, Robert C. Lautman, Edward Owen ISBN: 1580930107 Publisher: The Monacelli Press Pub. Date: January, 1999 List Price(USD): $65.00 |
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