 | |
  | |
| Searching ... |
| 0 % | ||
Books by Annette Gordon-Reed
  | | "Most Blessed of the Patriarchs"(1st Edition) Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination by Annette Gordon-Reed, Professor Peter S. Onuf Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 2017 by Liveright ISBN-13: 978-1-63149-251-8, ISBN: 1-63149-251-9 "New York Times Bestseller Named one of the Best Books of the Year by the San Francisco Chronicle Finalist for the George Washington Prize Finalist for the Library of Virginia Literary Award A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice Selection"An important book…[R]ichly rewarding. It is full of fascinating insights about Jefferson." ―Gordon S. Wood, New York Review of BooksHailed by critics and embraced by readers, "Most Blessed of the ..." |
 | | On Juneteenth (Hardback) by Annette Gordon-Reed Hardcover, 128 Pages, Published 2021 by Liveright ISBN-13: 978-1-63149-883-1, ISBN: 1-63149-883-5 |
 | | The Hemingses of Monticello(Reprint) An American Family by Annette Gordon-Reed Paperback, 816 Pages, Published 2009 by W. W. Norton & Company ISBN-13: 978-0-393-33776-1, ISBN: 0-393-33776-6 "Book DescriptionThis 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 family from its origins in Virginia in the 1700s to the family's dispersal after Jefferson's death in 1826. It brings to life not only Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson but also th ..." |
 | | Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings(Updated) An American Controversy. by Annette Gordon-Reed, Midori Takagi, Annette Gordon, Thomas About Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 1998 by University Of Virginia Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8139-1833-4, ISBN: 0-8139-1833-2 "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 perhaps the most hotly contested topic. The publication of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings intensified this debate by identifying glaring ..." |
 | | Race on Trial(1st Edition) Law and Justice in American History (Viewpoints on American Culture) by Annette Gordon-Reed Paperback, 248 Pages, Published 2002 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-512280-0, ISBN: 0-19-512280-1 "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 made important law. Some of the cases discussed include Amistad, Dred Scott, Plessy v. Ferg ..." |
 | | In the Hands of the People Thomas Jefferson on Equality, Faith, Freedom, Compromise, and the Art of Citizenship by Jon Meacham, Annette Gordon-Reed Hardcover, 128 Pages, Published 2020 by Random House ISBN-13: 978-0-593-22931-6, ISBN: 0-593-22931-2 "In this illuminating collection, a project of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jon Meacham has gathered Jefferson's most powerful and provocative reflections on the subject, drawn from public speeches ..." |
 | | Andrew Johnson(1st Edition) The American Presidents Series: The 17th President, 1865-1869 (American Presidents (Times)) by Annette Gordon-Reed, Mr Sean Wilentz, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Arthur Meier Schlesinger Hardcover, 192 Pages, Published 2011 by Times Books ISBN-13: 978-0-8050-6948-8, ISBN: 0-8050-6948-8 "A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian recounts the tale of the unwanted president who ran afoul of Congress over Reconstruction and was nearly removed from office Andrew Johnson never expected to be president. But just six weeks after becoming Abraham Lincoln's vice president, the events at Ford's Theatre thrust him into the nation's highest office. Johnson faced a nearly impossible task--to succeed America's greatest chief executive, to b ..." |
 | | "Most Blessed of the Patriarchs"(1st Edition) Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination by Annette Gordon-Reed, Professor Peter S. Onuf, Annette Gordonand#8211 Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 2016 by Liveright Deckle Edge ISBN-13: 978-0-87140-442-8, ISBN: 0-87140-442-7 "A groundbreaking work of history that explicates Thomas Jefferson’s vision of himself, the American Revolution, Christianity, slavery, and race.Thomas Jefferson is often portrayed as a hopelessly enigmatic figure―a riddle―a man so riven with contradictions that he is almost impossible to know. Lauded as the most articulate voice of American freedom and equality, even as he held people―including his own family―in bondage, Jefferson is va ..." |
 | | The Hemingses of Monticello(1st Edition) An American Family by Annette Gordon-Reed Hardcover, 800 Pages, Published 2008 by W. W. Norton & Company Deckle Edge ISBN-13: 978-0-393-06477-3, ISBN: 0-393-06477-8 "Winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize: “[A] commanding and important book.”―Jill Lepore, The New Yorker In the mid-1700s the English captain of a trading ship that made runs between England and the Virginia colony fathered a child by an enslaved woman living near Williamsburg. The woman, whose name is unknown and who is believed to have been born in Africa, was owned by the Eppeses, a prominent Virginia family. The ca ..." |
 | | Vernon Can Read! A Memoir(1st Edition) by Annette Gordon-Reed, Jr. Jordan Vernon, Vernon Eulion Jordan Hardcover, 352 Pages, Published 2001 by Publicaffairs ISBN-13: 978-1-891620-69-0, ISBN: 1-891620-69-X "From the civil rights revolution to the halls of power, the life story of a larger-than-life American leader. As a student in Atlanta, Vernon Jordan had a summer job driving a white banker around town. During the man's afternoon naps, Jordan passed the time reading books, a fact that astounded his boss. "Vernon can read!" the man exclaimed to his relatives. Nearly fifty years later, Vernon Jordan, long-time civil rights leader, adviser ..." |
 | | Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings(1st Edition) An American Controversy by Annette Gordon-Reed Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 1997 by University Of Virginia Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8139-1698-9, ISBN: 0-8139-1698-4 "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 perhaps the most hotly contested topic. The publication of "Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings" intensified this debate by identifying glaring inconsistencies in many noted scholars' evaluations of the exi ..." |
 | | Vernon Can Read! A Memoir by Jr. Vernon Jordan, Annette Gordon-Reed Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2008 by Publicaffairs ISBN-13: 978-1-58648-670-9, ISBN: 1-58648-670-5 "A number-one Washington Post bestseller, this memoir is the unforgettable story of a life and its times. As a student in Atlanta, Vernon Jordan had a summer job driving a white banker around town. During the man's afternoon naps, Jordan passed the time reading books, a fact that astounded his boss. "Vernon can read!" the man exclaimed to his relatives. Nearly fifty years later, Vernon Jordan, long-time civil rights leader, adviser and c ..." |
 | | Make It Plain(1st Edition) Standing Up and Speaking Out by Vernon Jordan Jr., Lee A. Daniels, Annette Gordon-Reed, Vernon Eulion Jordan Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2008 by Publicaffairs ISBN-13: 978-1-58648-298-5, ISBN: 1-58648-298-X "Black Americans have always relied on the oral tradition—storytelling, preaching, and speechmaking—to assert their rights and preserve and pass on their history and culture. In the pulpit, courtroom, or cotton field, they have understood the power of words, distinctively delivered, to educate and inspire.Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., one of the nation's finest speakers, imbibed this tradition as a young man and has given it his own unique infl ..." |
 | | Vernon Can Read!(Updated) by Annette Gordon-Reed, Vernon Eulion Jordan Paperback, 343 Pages, Published 2002 by Civitas Books ISBN-13: 978-0-465-03697-4, ISBN: 0-465-03697-X "From the civil rights revolution to the halls of power, the life story of a truly larger-than-life figure, Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. A number-one Washington Post bestseller, this memoir is the unforgettable story of a life and its times. As a student in Atlanta, Vernon Jordan had a summer job driving a white banker around town. During the man's afternoon naps, Jordan passed the time reading books, a fact that astounded his boss. "Vernon can ..." |
 | | Black Man in the Huddle Stories from the Integration of Texas Football (Swaim-Paup Sports Series, sponsored by James C. '74 & Debra Parchman Swaim and T. Edgar '74 & Nancy Paup) by Robert D. Jacobus, Annette Gordon-Reed Hardcover, 280 Pages, Published 2019 by Texas A&M University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-62349-751-4, ISBN: 1-62349-751-5 "“What was it like for young black men growing up in a totally segregated environment and transitioning to an integrated one?” asks author Robert Jacobus in the preface to this collection of interviews. How did they get involved in sports? How did the facilities, both academic and athletic, compare to the white schools? What colleges recruited them out of high school? Searching for the answers to these and other questions, Jacobus interv ..." |
 | | A Slave in the White House(1st Edition) Paul Jennings and the Madisons by Elizabeth Dowling Taylor, Annette Gordon-Reed, Paul Jennings Hardcover, 336 Pages, Published 2012 by St. Martin's Press ISBN-13: 978-0-230-10893-6, ISBN: 0-230-10893-8 "Paul Jennings was born into slavery on the plantation of James and Dolley Madison in Virginia, later becoming part of the Madison household staff at the White House. Once finally emancipated by Senator Daniel Webster later in life, he would give an aged and impoverished Dolley Madison, his former owner, money from his own pocket, write the first White House memoir, and see his sons fight with the Union Army in the Civil War. He died a f ..." |
 | | Jubilee(1st Edition) The Emergence of African-American Culture by Dr Howard Dodson, Amiri Baraka, Gail Lumet Buckley, Annette Gordon-Reed, John Hope Franklin, Henry Louis Gates, Gayraud S. Wilmore, Wynton Marsalis Hardcover, 192 Pages, Published 2003 by National Geographic ISBN-13: 978-0-7922-6982-3, ISBN: 0-7922-6982-9 "Introduction by Winton Marsalis. Slaves came to the Americas from many different parts of the African continent, bringing with them distinct languages, religions, and expressive arts. Jubilee shows the many ways that these diverse peoples united, forged their own identity, and laid the foundations for truly unique African-American social, cultural, political, and economic expressions throughout the Western Hemisphere. Jubilee is written ..." |
 | | Thomas Jefferson(1st Edition) An Intimate History by Fawn Mckay Brodie, Annette Gordon-Reed Paperback, 608 Pages, Published 1998 by W. W. Norton & Company ISBN-13: 978-0-393-31752-7, ISBN: 0-393-31752-8 "An ambitious, perceptive portrayal of a complex man, this best-selling biography broke new ground in its exploration of Jefferson's inner life.Here for the first time we meet Jefferson as a man of feeling and passion. With a novelist's skill and meticulous scholarship, Fawn M. Brodie shows Jefferson as he wrestled with issues of revolution, religion, power, race, and love-ambivalences that exerted a subtle but powerful influence on h ..." |
 | | Andrew Johnson(Unabridged) The American Presidents Series: The 17th President, 1865-1869 (The American Presidents) by Annette Gordon-Reed, Arthur Meier Schlesinger Cd, Published 2010 by Macmillan Audio Audiolivro, Cd, Versão Integral ISBN-13: 978-1-4272-0293-2, ISBN: 1-4272-0293-1 "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 work with a Congress controlled by the Radical Republicans. Annette Gordon-Reed, one of Ameri ..." |
 | | Vernon Can Read!(Reprint) a Memoir by Annette Gordon-Reed Encadernação Para Biblioteca, 352 Pages, Published 2008 by Paw Prints 2008-06-05 ISBN-13: 978-1-4352-9758-6, ISBN: 1-4352-9758-X |
All Authors
All Bindings
All Editions
All Years
All Regions
Annette Gordon-Reed
All Bindings
All Editions
All Years
All Regions