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Author Kerrison, Catherine, 1953- author.

Title Jefferson's daughters : three sisters, white and black, in a young America / Catherine Kerrison.

Publication Info. New York : Ballantine Books, [2018]
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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  973.46 KERRISON    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Biographies  92 BIOGRAPHY JEFFERSON    On Display
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  973.46 KER    Storage
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  973.46 KERRISON    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  973.46092 KERRISON    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  920 KERRISON    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  973.46 KER    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  973.46 KERRISON    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  973.46 KER    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  973.4 KER    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description xi, 425 pages : illustrations, map, portraits, genealogical table ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [339]-402) and index.
Contents First Monticello -- To Paris -- School life -- Families reunited -- Transitions -- Becoming American again -- A Virginia wife -- Harriet's Monticello -- An enlightened household -- Departure -- Passing -- Legacies.
Summary A portrait of the divergent lives of Thomas Jefferson's three daughters reveals how his white daughters struggled with the realities of lives they were ill-prepared to manage, while the daughter he fathered with a slave did not achieve freedom until adulthood.
Subject Randolph, Martha Jefferson, 1772-1836.
Eppes, Maria, 1778-1804.
Hemings, Harriet, 1801-
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Family.
Women -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Women -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Presidents -- United States -- Family -- Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women.
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical.
Genre/Form Biographies.
ISBN 9781101886243 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
1101886242 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
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