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Author Henry Wiencek discussed his book, Master of the Mountain: Thomas Jefferson and His Slaves, in which he reports that Jefferson sought financial gain through the ownership and labor of …

From the 2010 Virginia Festival of the Book in Charlottesville, Virginia, James Horn, author of A Kingdom Strange: The Brief and Tragic History of the Lost Colony of Roanoke, and John Ross, …

A panel on books on early river transportation met in the City Council Chambers in Charlottesville, Va., and talked about the history of American expansion in the Early Republic through the …

Simon Winchester was interviewed and responded to viewer telephone calls about his writing process and his history books. Then the panel he was on titled “Does History Have a Moral?” was sho…

Wiencek is the author of An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America. Isaacson is the author of Benjamin Franklin: An American Life. After their presentatio…