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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The Hemingses of Monticello The Hemingses of Monticello Annette Gordon-Reed Historian and legal scholar Gordon-Reed presents this epic work that tells the story of the Hemingses, an American slave family, and their close blood ties to Thomas Jefferson. OL3295405W
James Joyce James Joyce Richard Ellmann **James Joyce** by Richard Ellmann was published in 1959 (a revised edition was released in 1982). It provides an intimate and detailed account of the life of Irish modernist James Joyce, which infor… OL4650295W
American Sphinx American Sphinx Joseph J. Ellis For a man who insisted that life on the public stage was not what he had in mind, Thomas Jefferson certainly spent a great deal of time in the spotlight--and not only during his active political care… OL53118W
In the Heart of the Sea In the Heart of the Sea Nathaniel Philbrick In 1819, the 238-ton Essex set sail from Nantucket on a routine voyage to hunt whales. Fifteen months later, the Essex was rammed and sunk by an enraged sperm whale. OL800722W