Black Smoke. Nominee, 2022 James Beard Foundation Book Award (Reference, History and Scholarship) Finalist, 2022 Colorado Book Awards (History) A Garden and Gun Best Book of 2021 Across America, the pure love and popularity of barbecue co... - Black Smoke.
Family, Slavery, and Love in the Early American Republic. One of the finest historians of her generation, Jan Ellen Lewis transformed our understanding of the early U.S. Republic. Her groundbreaking essays defined the emerging fields of gender and emotions history and reframed traditional understandin... - Family, Slavery, and Love in the Early American Republic.
Jefferson on Display: Attire, Etiquette, and the Art of Presentation. Signed by the author! When we think of Thomas Jefferson, a certain picture comes to mind, combining his physical appearance with our perception of his character. During Jefferson's lifetime this image was already taking shape&comma... - Jefferson on Display: Attire, Etiquette, and the Art of Presentation.
Martha Jefferson Randolph. These pages chronicle the account of a tearful child emerging from the grief of a young mother's death to seed a relationship that became the emotional sustenance of her father's republican aspirations, and who grew to be an indispensable helpm... - Martha Jefferson Randolph.
Scientist Turned Spy. The incredible story of an explorer caught up in international intrigue at the dawn of US history.Andre Michaux was the most accomplished scientific explorer of North America before Lewis and Clark. His work took him from the Bahamas to Hudson Bay&co... - Scientist Turned Spy.
Soul Food. 2014 James Beard Foundation Book Award, Reference and Scholarship Honor Book for Nonfiction, Black Caucus of the American Library Association In this insightful and eclectic history, Adrian Miller delves into the influences, ... - Soul Food.
The Adams - Jefferson Letters. The correspondence between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson spanned half a century and embraces government, philosophy, religion, quotidian, and family griefs and joys. It begins in 1777, ceases in 1801 after Jefferson's ... - The Adams - Jefferson Letters.
The Founding of Thomas Jefferson's University. Established in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the University of Virginia was known as "The University" throughout the South for most of the nineteenth century, and today it stands as one of the premier universities in the world. This volume pr... - The Founding of Thomas Jefferson's University.
The Fruits and Fruit Trees of Monticello. Anyone who has toured Monticello during the spring and summer months has seen the extensive fruit gardens that are as much a part of Thomas Jefferson's legacy as his seven-day clock and dumbwaiter. Cultivating over 170 varieties of temperate fruits&c... - The Fruits and Fruit Trees of Monticello.
The Illimitable Freedom of the Human Mind Author Signed Book. Book signed by author Andrew J. O'Shaughnessy. Already renowned as a statesman, Thomas Jefferson in his retirement from government turned his attention to the founding of an institution of higher learning. Never merely a patron, the form... - The Illimitable Freedom of the Human Mind Author Signed Book.
The President's Kitchen Cabinet. Nominee, 49th NAACP Image Awards, Outstanding Literary Work (Nonfiction) Finalist, 2018 Colorado Book Awards An NAACP Image Award Finalist for Outstanding Literary Work-Non Fiction James Beard award-winning author Adrian Miller viv... - The President's Kitchen Cabinet.
Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings. When Annette Gordon-Reed's groundbreaking study was first published, rumors of Thomas Jefferson's sexual involvement with his slave Sally Hemings had circulated for two centuries. Among all aspects of Jefferson's renowned life, it was per... - Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings.
Those Who Labor for My Happiness - Slavery at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello. Our perception of life at Monticello has changed dramatically over the past quarter century. The image of an estate presided over by a benevolent Thomas Jefferson has given way to a more complex view of Monticello as a working plantation, the s... - Those Who Labor for My Happiness - Slavery at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello.