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My Monticello received starred reviews from Booklist, [2] Publishers Weekly, [3] and Kirkus Reviews, [4] as well as positive reviews from The Washington Post, [5] The New York Times, [6] Book Page, [7] Book Reporter, [8] The Today Show, People, Time, Ms., [9] Chicago Tribune, and Esquire. [10] The book was a finalist for the 2021 Kirkus Prize ...
A guide book to the 1915 Panama–California Exposition An assortment of guide books in Japan. A guide book or travel guide is "a book of information about a place designed for the use of visitors or tourists". [1] It will usually include information about sights, accommodation, restaurants, transportation, and activities.
Jefferson produced the work as a guide for two young American friends, Thomas Lee Shippen and John Rutledge, following a wine tour of Europe. It consists largely of an extensive discussion of the wine grown throughout southern France and northern Italy. Jefferson excerpted the material from his general travel journals. [1]
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Marie Goebel Kimball (June 7, 1889 – March 2, 1955) was an author, historian, and Jefferson scholar who served as the first curator of Monticello from 1944 until her death in 1955. During her career, she published more than 30 books, articles, and book reviews about Jefferson, Monticello, early America, and decorative arts.
A tour guide in the United Kingdom. A tour guide (U.S.) or a tourist guide (European) is a person who provides assistance, and information on cultural, historical and contemporary heritage to people on organized sightseeing and individual clients at educational establishments, religious and historical sites such as; museums, and at various venues of tourist attraction resorts. [1]
Monticello had a contract purchase price of $500,000, the first $100,000 of which the Foundation paid by December 1923 to the property's prior owner, Jefferson Monroe Levy. [5] This initial payment was a landmark for the Foundation, as the transaction allowed it to assume the title to Monticello. [ 6 ]
The first Let's Go guide was a 25-page mimeographed pamphlet put together by 18-year-old Harvard freshman Oliver Koppell and handed out on student charter flights to Europe. In 1996, Let's Go launched its website, Letsgo.com , while publishing 22 titles and a new line of mini map guides.