My Monticello Book Selections
Here at Stockton's Bjork Library, we have several sources that connected thematically to the stories in My Monticello. Feel free to check out the works below to gain greater insight into the concepts explored in the Common Reading!
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Author in Chief
E176.1 .F38 2020
From volumes lost to history--Calvin Coolidge's Autobiography, which was one of the most widely discussed titles of 1929--to ones we know and love--Barack Obama's Dreams from My Father, which was very nearly never published--Fehrman unearths countless insights about the presidents through their literary works.
The Columbia Documentary History of Race and Ethnicity in America
This invaluable resource documents all eras of the American past, including black-white interactions and the broad spectrum of American attitudes and reactions concerning Native Americans, Irish Catholics, Mexican Americans, Jewish Americans, and other groups.
Notes on the State of Virginia
Written in 1781, Notes on the State of Virginia was begun by Jefferson as a commentary on the resources and institutions of his home state, but the work's lasting value lies in its delineation of Jefferson's major philosophical, political, scientific, and ethical beliefs.
A Year at Monticello
E332.74 .J33 1989
An artful blend of prose and scholarship, this book chronicles one year in the life of Thomas Jefferson before he became president of the United States.
Slavery in the Age of Memory
HT871 .A73 2021
Exploring notions of history, collective memory, cultural memory, public memory, official memory, and public history, Slavery in the Age of Memory explains how ordinary citizens, social groups, governments and institutions engage with the past of slavery and the Atlantic slave trade.
"Those Who Labor for My Happiness": Slavery at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello
This volume represents the first attempt to pull together Stanton's most important writings on slavery at Monticello and beyond. Stanton's pioneering work deepened our understanding of Jefferson without demonizing him.
The Trials of Phillis Wheatley: America's First Black Poet and Her Encounters with the Founding Fathers
In The Trials of Phillis Wheatley, Henry Louis Gates Jr. explores the pivotal roles that Wheatley and Jefferson played in shaping the black literary tradition.
Rethinking Thomas Jefferson's Writings on Slavery and Race: "[God's] Justice Cannot Sleep Forever"
This book offers a stimulating, provocative challenge to the stale revisionist claims on Jefferson concerning his hypocrisy and racism.
The Religion of White Rage: Religious Fervor, White Workers and the Myth of Black Racial Progress
This book sheds light on the phenomenon of white rage, and maps out the uneasy relationship between white anxiety, religious fervour, American identity and perceived black racial progress.
Black Women's Stories of Everyday Racism
The book calls attention to African American women's everyday experiences with systemic racism and demonstrates how four types of narrative theory can help generate strategies to explain and dismantle that racism.
Protecting Whiteness: Whitelash and the Rejection of Racial Equality
The book's examinations of new manifestations of racist aggression help make sense of the larger forces that underpin enduring racial inequalities and how they reinvent themselves for each new generation.
A Rich Spot of Earth: Thomas Jefferson's Revolutionary Garden at Monticello
The author explores topics ranging from labor in the garden, garden pests of the time, and seed saving practices to contemporary African American gardens.