As the first president to occupy the White House for an entire term, Thomas Jefferson shaped the president's residence, literally and figuratively, more than any of its other occupants. Remarkably enough, however, though many books have immortalized Jefferson's Monticello, none has been devoted to the vibrant look, feel, and energy of his still more famous and consequential home from 1801 to 1809. In Monticello on the Potomac, James B. Conroy, author of the award-winning Lincoln's White House offers a vivid, highly readable account of how life was lived in Jefferson's White House and the young nation's rustic capital.…mehr
As the first president to occupy the White House for an entire term, Thomas Jefferson shaped the president's residence, literally and figuratively, more than any of its other occupants. Remarkably enough, however, though many books have immortalized Jefferson's Monticello, none has been devoted to the vibrant look, feel, and energy of his still more famous and consequential home from 1801 to 1809. In Monticello on the Potomac, James B. Conroy, author of the award-winning Lincoln's White House offers a vivid, highly readable account of how life was lived in Jefferson's White House and the young nation's rustic capital.
James Conroy is the author of Our One Common Country: Abraham Lincoln and the Hampton Roads Peace Conference of 1865 (Lyons Press, 2014) and Lincoln's White House: The People's House in Wartime (R&L, 2016), co-winner of the 2017 Gilder Lerhman Lincoln Prize and winner of the 2017 Abraham Lincoln Institute Book Prize. He resides on Boston's South Shore. Conroy speaks extensively and has been featured on C-Span Book TV.
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Prologue 1. It Was More Than I Expected 2. With Very Decent Respect 3. True Republicanism 4. Men of 1776 5. Notions of Equality 6. Grumble Who Will 7. Chiefly of the Sneering Kind 8. A French Way of Cooking Them 9. Unfinished Persons 10. I Found It Detestable 11. By No Means Dangerous 12. This Will Be the Cause of War 13. Madame Eve 14. Highly Embellished With Indian Finery 15. Oriental Luxury and Taste 16. Age Has Some Effect Upon Him 17. Chained to a Writing Table 18. The Hermit of Monticello Epilogue Selected Bibliography Notes
Prologue 1. It Was More Than I Expected 2. With Very Decent Respect 3. True Republicanism 4. Men of 1776 5. Notions of Equality 6. Grumble Who Will 7. Chiefly of the Sneering Kind 8. A French Way of Cooking Them 9. Unfinished Persons 10. I Found It Detestable 11. By No Means Dangerous 12. This Will Be the Cause of War 13. Madame Eve 14. Highly Embellished With Indian Finery 15. Oriental Luxury and Taste 16. Age Has Some Effect Upon Him 17. Chained to a Writing Table 18. The Hermit of Monticello Epilogue Selected Bibliography Notes
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