Jefferson and Monticello: The Biography of a Builder (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780805014631)

A National Book Award nominee in 1988, Jack McLaughlin's biography tells the life of Thomas Jefferson as seen through the prism of his love affair with Monticello.

For over half a century, it was his consuming passion, his most serious amusement. With a sure command of sources and skilled intuitive understanding of Jefferson, McLaughlin crafts and uncommon portrait of builder and building alike. En route he tells us much about life in Virginia; about Monticello's craftsmen and how they worked their materials; about slavery, class, and family; and, above all, about the multiplicity of domestic concerns that preoccupied this complex man. It is and engaging and incisive look at the eighteenth-century mind: systematic, rational, and curious, but also playful, comfort-loving, and amusing. Ultimately, it provides readers with great insight into daily life in Colonial and Federal America.

Author: Jack McLaughlin, McLaughlin
ISBN-10: 0805014632
ISBN-13: 9780805014631
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Language: English
Published: 10/15/1990
Pages: 496
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.30d