Thomas Jefferson's Monticello
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: December 5, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781882886180
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Essays, journals, letters & other prose works; Palaces, chateaux, country houses; United States - State & Local - General; Monticello (Va.); History; Virginia; Specific Residential Buildings Architecture; Pictorial works; History - U.S.; Jefferson, Thomas,; Architecture; USA; History - General; Museums, Tours, Points of Interest; Charlottesville, Virginia; Jefferson, Thomas; Monticello; Travel / Museums, Tours, Points of Interest; United States - Revolutionary War; 1743-1826; Albemarle County; Homes and haunts
First sentence: IN MARCH OF 1809 THOMAS JEFFERSON WAS AT LONG LAST LIBERATED FROM what he called the "splendid misery" of the presidency of the United States, free to begin the evening of his life in retirement at Monticello.