Bibliograph

The garden and farm books of Thomas Jefferson, edited by Robert C. Baron

Type

Label

The garden and farm books of Thomas Jefferson, edited by Robert C. Baron

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

portraitsfacsimilesplansillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The garden and farm books of Thomas Jefferson

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

16005889

Responsibility statement

edited by Robert C. Baron

Summary

"For almost sixty years, Thomas Jefferson kept a journal of his garden and his farms, recording his horticultural successes and failures, the progression of the seasons and his thoughts on gardening and agriculture. [This is a] ... reproduction of Jefferson's Garden and Farm Books.... The present volume contains relevant letters from Jefferson to such contemporaries as George Washington, John Adams and James Madison, as well as to his friends and family. Also included are an essay by Henry Steele Commager, a description of the Jefferson Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society, and a discussion of the restoration of Monticello's gardens ..."--Front flap of jacket

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- The Thomas Jefferson Papers and the Massachusetts Historical Society bicentennial / by Louis Leonard Tucker -- Thomas Jefferson and the character of America / by Henry Steele Commager -- The writings of Thomas Jefferson -- The garden book -- Selected letters on gardening and farming by Thomas Jefferson -- The farm book -- Monticello today -- The gardens at Monticello and their restoration / by Nancy St. Clair Talley -- Thomas Jefferson and your garden

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