The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family by Annette Gordon-Reed

The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family

Annette Gordon-Reed with Karen White (Narrator)

30 hours, 36 minutes first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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This epic work tells the story of the Hemingses, whose close blood ties to our third president had been systematically expunged from American history until very recently. Now, historian and legal scholar Annette Gordon-Reed traces the Hemings fami...

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informative 100%
challenging 50%
reflective 48%
sad 28%
emotional 26%
dark 14%
hopeful 7%
tense 5%
inspiring 3%

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medium 24%
fast 1%

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