{"product_id":"jefferson-and-monticello-jack-mclaughlin-9780805014631","title":"Jefferson and Monticello: The Biography of a Builder","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 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. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jack McLaughlin, McLaughlin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0805014632\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780805014631\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martin's Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/1990\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.30d","brand":"Jack McLaughlin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44047790014719,"sku":"9780805014631","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f90e4502-165d-4aae-a305-f8d78b5d5e6a.jpg?v=1684992190","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/jefferson-and-monticello-jack-mclaughlin-9780805014631","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}