The Levy Family and Monticello, 1834-1923: Saving Thomas Jefferson's House (Monticello Monograph) - Hardcover

Urofsky, Melvin I.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1882886151 ISBN 13: 9781882886159

Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press, 2002

Synopsis

Containing drama, irony, political wrangling and legal battles, this text chronicles the Levy family's vital yet little-known contributions to preserving Monticello. It seeks to correct the misconception that a "century of ruin and neglect" marked Monticello after Jefferson's death.

About this title

Review:

Provides us with a story filled with dramatic incidents, partisan conflicts, and legal tangles that required years (sometimes decades) to resolve. (Michael Kammen, from the Preface)

About the Author:

Melvin I. Urofsky is professor of history and public policy at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. The author and editor of more than three dozen books, he co-edited the multi-volume"Letters of Louis D. Brandeis" and authored "The Supreme Court Justices: A Biographical Dictionary", as well as "Division and Discord: The Supreme Court under Stone and Vinson, 1941-1953".

Michael Kammen is the Newton C. Farr Professor of American History and Culture at Cornell University. His books include Spheres of Liberty: Changing Perceptions of Liberty in American Culture and A Season of Youth: The American Revolution and the Historical Imagination. He was awarded the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for People of Paradox: An Inquiry Concerning the Origins of American Civilization.

About this edition

• Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1882886151
• ISBN 13: 9781882886159
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256