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Thomas Jefferson, Rachel & Me (English Edition) Formato Kindle

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What if Thomas Jefferson — brilliant, quirky and flawed — returned to life, penniless, powerless, without a single slave? What if he meets a beautiful mixed-race woman he takes to be Sally Hemings reborn?

What if he lands in a psycho ward or meets the President — at an Independence Day citizenship ceremony at his own hilltop home, Monticello, no less?

Chosen by the staffers of the Urbana (Illinois) Free Library one of their favorite books of 2012, "Thomas Jefferson, Rachel & Me" is a tale told by retired history teacher, Jack Arrowsmith, a man numbed by the deaths of his wife and son. It's about his — and his late son's girlfriend, Rachel Carter's — friendship with the writer of the Declaration of Independence, third president of the United States and Epicurean genius who designed Monticello and pretended to hate politics.

Jack and Rachel meet the ghost of Jefferson at Monticello and, fighting off their panic, agree to take him off to see America.

A history grad student at Columbia, Rachel knows secrets about Jack's son and wife that she decides Jack must know. They will turn his world upside down, just as Rachel's world will be changed forever by her evolving relationship with the reincarnated champion of freedom who pretended to loathe slavery and yet embraced it in his middle and later years as the calculating plantation owner that he was.

Dazzled by Rachel, Jefferson regains the vigor of his prime as the trio travels together. But what then? How can a man used to power, prestige and wealth get by without a cent and no official identity?

A realistic fantasy, "Thomas Jefferson, Rachel & Me" has been called time travel, historical fiction and a ghost story. It's not quite any of those. Rather than a commercial potboiler, it’s a literary work about love, loss and redemption and the ghosts that haunt us all.

Even though it's an indie book with an extremely limited marketing budget, it found its way into libraries coast to coast in its first year of existence as a paperback (2012-2013).

Among them is the Thomas Jefferson Library at Monticello, operated by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, which acquired the novel for its collection in the spring of 2012.

A major Beverly Hills talent agency inquired in 2013 about the availability of its film rights.

The the staff of the Urbana (Illinois) Free Library named it one of their favorite books of 2012.

Here's a comment (January 2012) from a reader completely unknown to the author:

"Upon receiving this book as a gift I was told by the presenter that it was one of the better books they had read this year. I couldn't agree more. The story is moving, the characters are well developed and likable, even in their not-so-best moments. The author certainly humanized a pivotal American figure for me, even if it is the author's take on his personality. It serves as a nice reminder that these men and women were human as well, for all our faults and talents. I would definitely recommend this book."

Another reader wrote: "I read your book in three sittings, which surely tells you that I couldn't put it down. After the first chapter, I was hooked and when it ended, I wanted more. Your writing, especially your descriptions, is beautiful. Talk about using words precisely and effectively. I could see Charlottesville and Monticello and wanted to go back (especially to Fleurie, which must be new since my days). I also need to take that evening tour at Monticello. The dialogue was great, believable. Parts made me laugh. Your characters interested me, amazed me, surprised me, made me sad. I was fascinated by how you built the story, how the characters developed, how your imagination worked. I was intrigued by how much real history was there without any sense of a history lesson. And of course the Jefferson questions are irresistible. It was fun to read your book after having just read 'The Hemingses of Monticel
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Peter Boody has been a newspaper editor on the East End of Long Island, N.Y. for years. He lives with his wife Barbara and Westie, Stuart Little, in Sag Harbor, N.Y. He also is the author of "The Consequences of Longing."

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0047GMEF2
  • Editore ‏ : ‎ Bartleby, Scrivener & Co.; 20.1 edizione (16 dicembre 2013)
  • Lingua ‏ : ‎ Inglese
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  • Lunghezza stampa ‏ : ‎ 330 pagine
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M. C. Woodward
5,0 su 5 stelle You won't be sorry with this one!
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 4 settembre 2012
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I picked this one up earlier this spring. It just happened to be one of the free offerings that day - I have to admit, it was my lucky day.

Retired history teacher Jack Arrowsmith and his late son's girlfriend Rachel make the trek to Monticello. While there, they meet up with the ghost of Thomas Jefferson who then proceeds to 'hang out' with Jack and Rachel for the year. This had a good dose of humor thrown in with a smattering of ghost story/time travel element to boot.

It was not weird or fantastic by any means. It was just a real easy read and very plausible given the nature of the story. I don't want to spoil anything for the reader, but you've just got to see some of the predicaments that Mr. Jefferson gets himself into - not to mention the fact that the Secret Service has Mr. J on it's radar.

As I said, this was a free offering but was very well formated and very cleanly written. I have read many indie authors since picking up my Kindle Fire last November. Some of them are real dogs & there's a reason they're free. Not so with this one. I enjoyed this one so much I would gladly pay full price on it and plan to purchase 2 copies as gifts for the upcoming holiday season.

So, do yourself a favor - do pick this one up. It's just a real entertaining, enjoyable read and like me, you may just learn a few things that you did not know about one of our founding Fathers!
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Peri L. Sword
4,0 su 5 stelle Extremely entertaining for this Jefferson fan, but...
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 3 giugno 2012
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When I first saw the ad for this book on my Facebook page, part of me wanted to read it and part of me kicked myself that I hadn't written a similar book before Mr. Boody. I've been interested and in awe of Jefferson since I was 8 years old, and since then I have had recurring daydreams about bringing Mr. Jefferson to the present day and how me might react to it (his fascination with the computer in this book rang true for me). I'd intended to write a book based on this daydream someday, foolishly thinking that my daydream/book idea was unique, but as Peter Boody proved, it obviously wasn't.

So firstly, bravo to Peter Boody for buckling down and writing it.

As to the book itself--as a Jefferson aficionado, I enjoyed it thoroughly and devoured it in one evening. I don't know how people who do not share my enthusiasm for the man might find it. I think it helps if you know something about Jefferson when you pick up this book; conversely, if you are a full-blown professional Jefferson scholar whose focus is on historical accuracy and precision, you might object to it. Jefferson study is a hobby of mine, and clearly it's a hobby of the author's as well, but neither of us are professional scholars of the man.

I was not bothered as much as one previous reviewer that the story didn't go into minute detail of every moment of Jefferson's time in the 21st Century and I didn't have a problem with "Me" (jack) being the narrator. However, there are a few storytelling techniques that didn't work for me:

1) Jack's son's journal entry about the mysterious black man at Penn Station. That was brought up as a plot device to distract the narrator, but nothing ever happened after it upset Jack's emotional equilibrium. Who was the guy? We were left hanging.

2) Not an important plot point, but if I'd been Jack I would have taken America's first serious oenophile to Napa and Sonoma, as long as we were in the San Francisco Bay area. The California Central Valley, too, would have fascinated Jefferson the farmer. I can't help but think Jefferson would be pleased with the success of agriculture and the quality of wine the country he helped to create has achieved. Every time I visit Napa and Sonoma, Mr. Jefferson accompanies me in my mind. Then again, I'm an oenophile, so that is just a personal quibble.

3) The character of Jefferson takes on certain political opinions to which some may object, and I found myself wondering if Jefferson wasn't acting as a mouthpiece for the author himself. Since I am mainly in agreement with those opinions, I wasn't troubled by it, but some may be. There was one political opinion Jefferson espoused in this novel that I disagreed with highly.

In summary, if you enjoy colonial history and the early years of the American Republic, but aren't too exacting a scholar, you will enjoy this book. It does humanize Jefferson, and nowadays I feel it's important to remember that the Founders were just people, not demigods, with faults and failings.
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3,0 su 5 stelle OK not great
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 26 aprile 2014
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I haven't really read much about Thomas Jefferson. I can understand seeing a ghost, but him turning into human form for an extended length of time? Couldn't suspend my imagination that long. As for him fathering a baby in his human form, just too much. It was an Ok read but I can't recommend it.
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M. Flowers
5,0 su 5 stelle Loved This Book!
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 4 giugno 2012
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Although an avid reader, I have never before felt moved to post a book review. But this book is different. I want to keep thinking and talking about it, maybe to prolong my time with the story and its characters.

The book moves quickly, but the characters have stayed with me. Boody skillfully brings the three main characters to life, endowing each with an intriguing past that is still haunting his or her present. Even Thomas Jefferson, who first emerges in a beautifully and eerily rendered twilight scene at Monticello, develops from a mysterious wisp of vapor into a complex corporeal being full of passions, regrets, and questions.

What happens when Jefferson embarks on a modern day adventure with Jack, a retired history teacher who is grieving the death of his wife and only son, and Rachel, a beautiful, mixed race graduate student who was engaged to Jack's late son, is the imaginative story that unfolds in this highly entertaining book. Through his exploration of timeless emotions and moral questions, Boody makes something believable and soul-stirring out of what might have been far-fetched in a lesser author's hands.

Boody writes beautifully and creates scenes that seem so real that it makes you want to re-visit the places where his characters go. At times humorous and at times sad, this book is always engaging, relevant, and thought-provoking. Boody manages to fill the book with fascinating tidbits of history and politics without ever making you feel like you're in class.

Treat yourself and your book club to this book. You won't be disappointed!
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Richard
5,0 su 5 stelle Jefferson returns to Monticello!
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 18 marzo 2011
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Let me preface this review by stating I am a huge Jefferson fan; thus it was easy for me to like this book. Boody manages to bring to life in a sometimes comical, in an almost magically wizardry way the genius of Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson returns from the dead not only in ghost form but in physical form as well and soon learns to adjust to 21st century ways, but not without some difficulty along the way. The book is well written, enjoyable, albeit a bit far-fetched, but what ghost story isn't?

Is Jefferson the only ghost in the story? At times, you're not sure who is and isn't a ghost. Have Rachel's father, Pip or even Jack himself returned from the dead? And, there is an implication in the epilogue, that the story is true. Or was that just another little twist that Mr. Boody threw in to keep us guessing. Maybe one day they'll dig up that all-weather passageway under the house to solve this mystery.

There are some minor typos throughout that additional editing would solve but these small flaws in no way detract. I can't wait to get back to Monticello.
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