Title |
Twilight at Monticello the final years of Thomas Jefferson
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Names |
Crawford, Alan Pell.
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Book Number |
DB066246
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Title Status |
Active
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Medium |
Digital Book
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Download Link |
Downloadable talking book.
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Annotation |
Uses primary sources to chronicle the postpresidential years (1809-1826) of Thomas Jefferson. Describes problems he had with a dysfunctional extended family, agricultural mismanagement, soaring debt, and deteriorating health. Highlights Jefferson's establishment of the secular University of Virginia and his correspondence with John Adams. 2008.
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Narrator |
Williams, Jake.
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Local Subject |
Adult Book - AD
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Adult Non-Fiction - AN
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Short Book - SH
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Talking Book Topics, May-Jun 2009 - T309
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Biography & Autobiography - BIO
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Biography - Political, U.S - BIPU
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Biography - Historical - BIH
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History, United States - HUS
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History - HST
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Booklist - U.S. Presidents - BUSP
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Audience Notes |
Male narrator.
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LC Subject |
Ex-presidents - United States - Biography
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Plantation life - Virginia - Albemarle County - History - 19th century
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Presidents - Retirement - United States - Case studies
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Presidents - United States - Biography
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Albemarle County (Va.) - Social life and customs - 19th century
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Call Number |
973.46092 B ANF
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Language |
English
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Released |
2008
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Publication Info |
Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2008 (Talking Book Publishers, recording studio).
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Original Publication |
Recorded from: New York : Random House, c2008. 9781400060795
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