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Author:

Kerrison, Catherine, 1953- author.

Title:

Jefferson's daughters : three sisters, white and black, in a young America / Catherine Kerrison.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Ballantine Books,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xi, 425 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Subject:

Randolph, Martha Jefferson,--1772-1836.
Eppes, Maria,--1778-1804.
Hemings, Harriet,--1801-
Jefferson, Thomas,--1743-1826--Family.
Women--United States--History--18th century.
Women--United States--History--19th century.
Presidents--United States--Family--Biography.
Biographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-402) and index.

Contents:

First Monticello -- To Paris -- School life -- Families reunited -- Transitions -- Becoming American again -- A Virginia wife -- Harriet's Monticello -- An enlightened household -- Departure -- Passing -- Legacies.

Summary:

A portrait of the divergent lives of Thomas Jefferson's three daughters reveals how his white daughters struggled with the realities of lives they were ill-prepared to manage, while the daughter he fathered with a slave did not achieve freedom until adulthood.

ISBN:

1101886242
9781101886243

OCLC:

(OCoLC)982564787

LCCN:

2017043540

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