Twilight at Monticello, Alan Pell Crawford
Twilight at Monticello, Alan Pell Crawford
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Twilight at Monticello
The Final Years of Thomas Jefferson

Author: Alan Pell Crawford

Narrator: James Boles

Unabridged: 11 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/15/2008


Synopsis

Much has been written about Thomas Jefferson, with good reason: His life was a great American drama—one of the greatest—played out in compelling acts. He was the architect of our democracy, a visionary chief executive who expanded this nation's physical boundaries to unimagined lengths. But Twilight at Monticello is something entirely new: an unprecedented and engrossing personal look at the intimate Jefferson in his final years that will change the way audiences think about this true American icon. It was during these years—from his return to Monticello in 1809 after two terms as president until his death in 1826—that Jefferson's idealism would be most severely, and heartbreakingly, tested.

Based on new research and documents culled from the Library of Congress, the Virginia Historical Society, and other special collections, including hitherto unexamined letters from family, friends, and Monticello neighbors, Alan Pell Crawford paints an authoritative and deeply moving portrait of Thomas Jefferson as private citizen—the first original depiction of the man in more than a generation.

About Alan Pell Crawford

Alan Pell Crawford is the author of Unwise Passions: A True Story of a Remarkable Woman-and the First Great Scandal of Eighteenth-Century America and Thunder on the Right: The "New Right" and the Politics of Resentment. His writings have appeared in American History, the Washington Post, and the New York Times, and he is a regular book reviewer for the Wall Street Journal. Crawford has had a residential fellowship at the International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello. Alan lives in Richmond, Virginia.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Janilyn on December 13, 2021

Provided an in-depth look at Jefferson’s retirement and all the relatives he supported. It also highlighted, for me, how terrible TJ was with finances and his expenses. To read and see a picture of how decrepit Monticello became was so depressing.......more

Goodreads review by Steve on May 23, 2013

[URL not allowed] “Twilight at Monticello: The Final Years of Thomas Jefferson” is Alan Pell Crawford’s third and most recent book, published in 2008. Breaking away from the tradition of most Jefferson-focused biographies, Crawford’s work spends the bulk of its energy not on Je......more

Goodreads review by Rene on August 21, 2019

On a journey of reading presidential biographies, I am fascinated by Thomas Jefferson. A man that advocated for human freedom, but kept slaves. A man that advocated for national austerity, chipping away at the national deficit while president, yet plunging his family into debt and poverty. Advocati......more