Book Talk at the Library of Virginia

Saturday, September 27, 2008

_The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family_ by Annette Gordon-Reed
Time: 2:00 PM–3:00PM


Place: Conference Rooms

Annette Gordon-Reed, professor of law at New York Law School and professor 
of history at Rutgers University, discusses and signs _The Hemingses of 
Monticello_, her epic work tracing the Hemings family from its origins in Virginia 
in the 1700s to the family’s dispersal after Thomas Jefferson’s death in 1826. 
It brings to life not only Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson but also their 
children and Hemings's siblings, who shared a father with Jefferson's wife, 
Martha. _The Hemingses of Monticello_ sets the family's compelling saga 
against the backdrop of Revolutionary America, Paris on the eve of its own 
revolution, 1790s Philadelphia, and plantation life at Monticello.


Attend and Win a Featured Book!
The Library of Virginia will hold a drawing for a FREE COPY of the featured 
author’s work at each of its Book Talk events. Registration takes place before 
each event. You must be present to win.

Copies of the featured book are available in the Virginia Shop at the Library of 
Virginia: http://www.lva.virginia.gov/whatwedo/shop.htm .

The Library of Virginia is located at 800 East Broad Street in downtown 
Richmond.  Free parking is available underneath the building.

www.lva.virginia.gov
804.692.3500

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