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''The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family'' is a 2008 book by American historian Annette Gordon-Reed. It recounts the history of four generations of the African-American Hemings family, from their African and Virginia origins until the 1826 death of Thomas Jefferson, their master, Sally Hemings' partner, and the father of her children.〔Cohen, Patricia. ("Seeing past the slave to study the person" ), ''New York Times'' (September 19, 2008).〕 It is based on Gordon-Reed's study of legal records, diaries, farm books, letters, wills, newspapers, archives, and oral history.〔 Gordon-Reed wanted readers to "see slave people as individuals" and to "tell the story of this family in a way not done before".〔 Jefferson scholar Joseph Ellis has called the book "the best study of a slave family ever written".〔 The book has won sixteen awards and was a finalist for the 2008 National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography and the 2009 Mark Lynton History Prize.〔(Jennie Yabroff, "A Lawyer’s New Jefferson Memorial: The next chapter in the Hemings saga" ), NEWSWEEK〕〔(2008 NBCC Finalists Announced ) |author= Barbara Hoffert〕〔(Columbia University )〕 ==In 2008== *National Book Award for Nonfiction,〔 ("National Book Awards – 2008" ). National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-02-20. (With interview and acceptance speech.)〕〔 and *Society for Historians of the Early American Republic Book Award 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Hemingses of Monticello」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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