books by Annette Gordon-Reed

books by Annette Gordon-Reed

books:

Annette Gordon-Reed

The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family

Annette Gordon-Reed

W.W. Norton & Co., 2008

Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings, and much, much more...
My parents took me to Monticello as a young girl, and I have been fascinated with Thomas Jefferson ever since. I was even more intrigued when I read about his relationship with one of his slaves, Sally Hemings. Annette Gordon-Reed gives us a scholarly and extensive ...

Jubilee: The Emergence of African-American Culture

Howard Dodson, Amiri Baraka, ...

National Geographic, 2003

A CELEBRATION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE
The title surprised me. Never would I think of "Jubilee" when it comes to slavery. But the end of the slavery era was, indeed, a celebration. And now National Geographic has presented us with an astonishing and beautiful commemoration of the blood, sweat, tears, and ...

Andrew Johnson: The American Presidents Series: The 17th President, 1865-1869 (The American Presidents)
Annette Gordon-Reed, Arthur M. Schlesinger

Macmillan Audio, 2009

Andrew Johnson never expected to be president. But just six weeks after becoming Abraham Lincoln?s vice president, the events at Ford?s Theater thrust him, unprepared, into the nation?s highest office. Johnson faced a nearly impossible task?to succeed the nation?s greatest chief executive, to bind the nation?s wounds after the Civil War, and to ...

Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy

Annette Gordon-Reed

University of Virginia Press, 1998

Very Skillful Lawyerly Presentation of History
This is a very solid and well researched book. The author makes a very thorough and logical presentation to prove her case. Much in the manner of a courtroom argument. It is effective. I came away from reading the book convinced that Jefferson, in all reasonable ...

Race on Trial: Law and Justice in American History (Viewpoints on American Culture)

Oxford University Press, USA, 2002

This book of twelve original essays will bring together two themes of American culture: law and race. The essays fall into four groups: cases that are essential to the history of race in America; cases that illustrate the treatment of race in American history; cases of great fame that became the trials of the century of their time; and cases that ...

Vernon Can Read!: A Memoir

Vernon E. Jordan Jr., Annette Gordon-Reed

Basic Civitas Books, 2002

This book should be in every African American's home
I listened to the unabridged audio cassette version of Vernon Can Read! This is a wonderful book. It has many dates and events in African American history of which Mr. Jordan contributed to, experienced and/or witnessed. These events are not only significant in the ...