Throw Another Book on the Shelf

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I think I'm going to go back to a book for today's Greed List entry.


Jefferson fascinates me.  I've never gotten my brain completely around him, so any interesting opportunity is welcome.  This book looks interesting.

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Kim in Oregon said…
Please report back. Is it fiction?
December 10, 2018 at 10:55 AM
kathy b said…
Having been to Monticello, I am always interested in the workings of the mind of a man who could own slaves and fall in love with one....and not emancipate her! He was a brilliant man in many ways, but the slave stories told there for visitors to understand, make me cringe. I wonder how the book will handle this ...let us know!
December 10, 2018 at 10:39 PM
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