The Hemingses of Monticello: An American FamilyModern · History, Nonfiction, Biography
The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family
2008 · 798 pages · Nonfiction
54
Modern
★ 4.03 on Goodreads · 7K ratings
≈ 20 hours to read · about 6 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize (History) winner (2009) and 1 more win. 4.03★ from 7K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
54Must-Read Score
- Critics80 out of 100 · counts 35%+32
- Readers39 out of 100 · counts 50%+22
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Where it ranks
- #71 of the 207 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #96 of the 220 history books we rank
- #132 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #410 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- Pulitzer Prize (History) winner (2009)
- National Book Award (Nonfiction) winner (2008)
Shortlisted
- NBCC Award (Biography) finalist (2008)
Reads as
True story, Thought-provoking
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