Saving Monticello: The Levy Family's Epic Quest to Rescue the House that Jefferson Built

Saving Monticello: The Levy Family's Epic Quest to Rescue the House that Jefferson Built

Marc Leepson

Språken
FörlagFree Press
ISBN9780743226028

The complete history of Thomas Jefferson's iconic American home, Monticello, and how it was not only saved after Jefferson's death, but ultimately made into a National Historic Landmark. When Thomas Jefferson died on the Fourth of July 1826, he was more than $100,000 in debt. Forced to sell thousan