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Author | : Laura Simon |
Publisher | : Delta |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 1999-04-13 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780385333399 |
"No occupation is so delightful to me as the culure of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden." --Thomas Jefferson An 18th-century statesman, a thoroughly modern gardener, a slightly one-sided correspondence on seeds, soil and the art of living... For years, novelist Laura Simon had been building a garden around her Nantucket home, nurturing onions from wispy, pungent seedlings, spreading manure in early spring, harvesting in fall. And with the passage of time, she longed for a correspondent with whom to exchange reflections on seeds and soil, to share her stories and her passion for gardening. Unable to find such a person, Ms. Simon turned to the works of the eighteenth-century statesman and avid horticulturist Thomas Jefferson. Thus began an only slightly one-sided correspondence between Ms. Simon and the Monticello gardener himself. Interweaving her own observations about past and present with selected passages from Jefferson's writings, Simon has crafted a true epistolary adventure, filled with history and humor, a literate guide to gardening--and living a well-cultivated life.
Author | : Chidem Kurdas |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 2019-01-16 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781794106659 |
The year is 1816. A young Englishman prepares to immigrate to the United States. A relative doubts the wisdom of the move. She writes to Thomas Jefferson and asks: Will it make him happy? The retired president is drawn into a correspondence that tracks the young man's adventures in America. There is a foreign agent, political intrigue, a fraught election, romance and a rich cast of historical figures on both sides of the Atlantic. As they observe the trajectory of people's lives and that of the young country, Jefferson and his pen pal argue about the pursuit of happiness. This is the second of the Binnford Trilogy novels based on American history. The first is "Adams: Letters to Hamilton."AUTHOR: Chidem Kurdas worked as journalist and taught economics to college students. Her previous books include "Seven Reasons to Love the Constitution" and "Ponzi Regulation." Follow her Twitter parody account Jennifer Kerfuffle @FauxTimesNews1 COVER ART: Medallion portrait of Thomas Jefferson by Gilbert Stuart, 1805. Copy via Wikipedia Commons. Original in Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums. Edited and tinted by author.
Author | : Jennifer Armstrong |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2001-09-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780874999891 |
Fictionalized letters between a 12-year-old girl living in Philadelphia and President Jefferson present their respective lives and explore the issues and events of the early 1800s
Author | : Albert Jay Nock |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1926 |
Genre | : Presidents |
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Author | : Hugh Howard |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 2006-10-03 |
Genre | : Architecture |
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Author | : Frank Murphy |
Publisher | : Random House Books for Young Readers |
Total Pages | : 49 |
Release | : 2013-02-12 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0385372787 |
Whether they're preparing for President's Day or whether they just like to eat, children will find much to devour in this leveled reader about Thomas Jefferson's role in America's culinary history! Did you know that every time you munch on a french fry or snack on ice cream, you have Thomas Jefferson to thank? It’s true! This founding father was one of America’s first foodies. After a visit to France, he introduced all sorts of yummy treats to America—including one that upset more than just tummies and created a culinary controversy! Get the scoop in this deliciously funny, true story—guaranteed to tempt even the most reluctant readers!
Author | : Hugh Howard |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 2011-01-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1608196607 |
Yes, they make rather an odd couple-but, truly, Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) and Fiske Kimball (1888-1955) are the Johnson and Boswell of the story of American architecture. If not for Dr. Fiske Kimball, we might never have known that Thomas Jefferson was an architect. Though he was hailed as a brilliant statesman, Jefferson was all but unknown as an artist and an architect for nearly a century. But Kimball, an industrious scholar with a keen eye, made a series of critical discoveries that changed not just the image of Jefferson, but also rewrote the story of American architecture, introducing its first real practitioner. Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Charles Bulfinch, William Thornton, Robert Mills-Kimball identified the key figures who together with Jefferson transformed the craft of building into the art of architecture, at the same time setting the aesthetic tone for a young country still struggling to define itself. Part detective story, part narrative history, Dr. Kimball and Mr. Jefferson recreates the stories of these visionary men through the lens of the amazing Fiske Kimball, who, in resurrecting their legacy, helped found the twin disciplines of historic preservation and architectural history. Hugh Howard's books include the definitive Thomas Jefferson, Architect; his memoir House-Dreams; the essay collection The Preservationist's Progress; and an introduction to the architecture of Williamsburg, Colonial Houses. He lives in upstate New York with his wife and their two teenage daughters.
Author | : Lee Alan Dugatkin |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 179 |
Release | : 2019-04-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 022663910X |
Capturing the essence of the origin and evolution of the so-called "degeneracy debates," over whether the flora and fauna of America (including Native Americans) were naturally weaker and feebler than species elsewhere in the world, this book chronicles Thomas Jefferson's efforts to counter French conceptions of American degeneracy, culminating in his sending of a stuffed moose to Buffon
Author | : Virginius Dabney |
Publisher | : University of Virginia Press |
Total Pages | : 664 |
Release | : 1988-11-01 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9780813912134 |
Author | : Thomas Jefferson |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 730 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780393036916 |