Winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize: “[A] commanding and important book.â€â€•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 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. 37 illustrations
#527181 in Books David Roberts 2002-11-17Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.30 x 1.10 x 6.20l; 1.59 #File Name: 0393323781608 pagesPoints Unknown The Greatest Adventure Writing of the Twentieth Century
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Gift for hubbyBy Customeradventure book for my husband who is thoroughly enjoying it4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Revealing the UnknownBy Jena BallIf adventurers; and what motivates them; fascinate you; then this book must be added to your reading list. In it; some of the 20th. century's finest explorers and wanderers take you with them on their journeys.As might be expected; there is drama. The opening piece is taken from the diary of Robert Falcon Scott; written as he literally froze to death on his final trek back from the South Pole. However; there is also tongue in cheek humor from the likes of Laurens Van Der Post and Eric Hansen; and superb; on-the-edge-of-your-chair excitement in pieces by Edward Abbey; Jon Krakauer and Joe Kane.Here too; tucked into the corners of the collection are pieces one might not expect to find in an anthology of adventure writing. There is Freya Stark's touching piece on Ishi; the last of a tribe of Northern California Indians; Clyde Kluckhohn's climb to Wild Horese Mesa; and Edward Hoagland's piece on a day spent trapsing over the Alberta Rockies that ends with the sighting of a lion.Editor Dave Roberts and his team have done a marvelous job of pulling together some exceptionally fine writing that reveals the many sides of adventure. I had only three small complaints (not complaints really; just disgruntled comments). First; none of Roberts' writing was included; which was disappointing considering that he is one of our finest adventure writers working today. Second; there was an over emphasis on mountain pieces; which meant that some other equally fine writing had to be excluded. And third; there was a marked lack of works by women adventurers. Roberts claims that he and his team hunted for women authors who met their criteria; but they were not to be found in the 20th. century. Since I can think of 4 off the top of my head; I can only conclude that they didn't look very hard. As I say; small bones of contention in an otherwise outstanding book.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. One Harrowing Adventure after AnotherBy C.A.LutesFor those interested in true stories of man and his environment; this is one for you. The adventures in this book are true; and it is humbling to read how many adventurers risked their lives in order to prove a point; or just for the sheer joy of it. It's a great read for those reasons.
