June 21st Father's Day! All the best gift ideas.  Shop NowJune 21st Father's Day! All the best gift ideas.  Shop Now

The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family

Paperback
$23.99
Promotion message icon
Premium Members save an extra 10% and all Members collect stamps to save with Rewards. 10 stamps = $5.Learn More
In stock
This item is currently out of stock online.
Free standard shipping on orders over $60
Select a store to view item availability.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize

Winner of the National Book Award

New York Times Bestseller

#1 on Esquire's List of the 50 Best Biographies of All Time


"[A] commanding and important book." —Jill Lepore, The New Yorker

This epic work—named a best book of the year by the Washington Post, Time, the Los Angeles Times, Amazon, the San Francisco Chronicle, and a notable book by the New York Times—tells the story of the Hemingses, whose close blood ties to our third president had been systematically exp...

Categories

BiographySocial SciencesAwardsHistoryCurrent Affairs & PoliticsAfrican AmericansPeoples & Cultures - BiographyAfrican American Biography & MemoirUnited States HistorySocial Sciences - General & MiscellaneousAfrican American HistoryHistorical BiographyUnited States Politics & GovernmentPolitical BiographyAmericans - Regional BiographyAfrican American Biography18th Century United States History - General & MiscellaneousUnited States History - Southern RegionAfrican American HistoryHistorical Biography - United StatesExecutive BranchU.S. - Political BiographySoutheastern States - Regional BiographyAfrican American General Biography18th Century American History - General & MiscellaneousSlavery - Social SciencesVirginia - State & Local HistoryAfrican American Regional History - Southern StatesSlave Narratives & BiographiesPresidents of the United States - BiographyVirginia & West Virginia - Regional Biography2008 National Book Awards->Nonfiction FinalistPublishers Weekly's Best Nonfiction of 2008New York Times Notable Nonfiction of 2008Los Angeles Times Favorite Nonfiction of 2008Washington Post 10 Best Books of 2008Boston Globe Best Nonfiction of 2008Barnes&Noble.com Best History of 2008San Francisco Chronicle's Best Nonfiction of 20082009 Lukas Prizes Finalists2009 George Washington Book Prize Finalists2009 George Washington Book Prize Winner2009 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award2000-2009->National Book Awards->Nonfiction Winners2008 National Book Award Winners2009 Pulitzer Prize WinnersBooks by the 2010 MacArthur FellowsMark Lynton History Prize->All Finalists2008 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalists2001-2010->History->Pulitzer PrizeNational Book AwardsPrevious Nonfiction Finalists - National Book AwardsBest Books of the YearBest Books of the Year 2008Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2008New York Times Best Books of 2008Los Angeles Times Favorite Books of 2008Washington Post Best Books of 2008Boston Globe Best Books of 2008Barnes&Noble.com Best Books of 2008San Francisco Chronicle's Best Books of 2008Journalism & Political Book AwardsLukas Prize Project AwardsAll Finalists - Lukas PrizesHistory AwardsGeorge Washington Book PrizePrevious Finalists - George Washington Book PrizeAll Winners - George Washington Book PrizeOther AwardsAnisfield-Wolf Book AwardsPrevious Winners - Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards - 2000sAll Nonfiction Winners - National Book AwardsAll Winners by Year - National Book AwardsPulitzer PrizesAll Winners - Pulitzer PrizesMacArthur Fellows ProgramBooks by Previous MacArthur FellowsMark Lynton History PrizeNational Book Critics Circle AwardsPrevious Finalists - National Book Critics Circle AwardsPulitzer Prize in HistoryHistory - Pulitzer Prize Winners