About this item
Highlights
- Many visitors over the generations have recorded their impressions of Monticello and its creator.
- About the Author: Merrill D. Peterson is Jefferson Foundation Professor of History, Emeritus, at the University of Virginia.
- 210 Pages
- Travel, United States
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About the Book
Peterson provides a collegtion of thirty-five of these writings dating from 1780 to 1984.Book Synopsis
Many visitors over the generations have recorded their impressions of Monticello and its creator. These writings, especialy those from Jefferson's lifetime, preserve important details about him and the house and grounds that might otherwise have been lost. In Visitors to Monticello, Merrill D. Peterson provides a collegtion of thirty-five of these writings dating from 1780 to 1984.
From the Back Cover
During the lifetime of Thomas Jefferson, through its days of vandalism and neglect, and to its final restoration, Monticello, the historic home of Jefferson, has lured thousands of visitors.About the Author
Merrill D. Peterson is Jefferson Foundation Professor of History, Emeritus, at the University of Virginia. His previous books are numerous and include The Jefferson Image in the American Mind; James Madison: A Biography in His Own Words; and Jefferson and Madison and the Making of Constitutions.