On May 28, "The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family," by  
Annette Gordon-Reed, won the $50,000 George Washington Book Prize,  
given annually to the "most important new book about America's  
founding era." More at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/28/AR2009052803559.html 
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--Jurretta Heckscher

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