I finally got finished reading this book!!
The Hemingses of Monticello was a wonderful book.
I decided to read the book after I heard the author, Annette Gordon-Reed, talking about
this history on NPR one day.
Reading History is a pretty dry prospect, but this book was great!
It was really interesting to read this history told/written by an African
American woman.
The book was super long...and at the end I was sort of marathon reading b/c I wanted to see what happened--and last night, at 11:00PM--almost exactly--I FINALLY Finished it. :)
Off to my next reading adventure.
Have a great weekend!
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