Sarah Johnson's Mount Vernon
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Scott E. Casper is a professor of history at the University of Nevada, Reno. He is the author of Constructing American Lives, which won the 1999 Book History Prize from the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing.

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"A fascinating look at a national shrine from another angle." --Jules Wagman, St. Louis Post-Dispatch"Casper lays bare the unique narrative of America's first sacred shrine, capturing the dizzying complexity of an early American community largely unrecognized and misunderstood." --Richard Horan, The Christian Science Monitor"Now, at last, Casper tells the story of the invisible men and women who worked the 8,000-acre riverfront estate for generations. While innumerable books have been written in recent years about the Founding Fathers, it's refreshing to read one in which slaves play a central part . . . Casper deftly uses the limited sources available to depict Johnson's life with an authenticity that is moving." --W. Ralph Eubanks, The Washington Post Book World"Casper must piece the prism together from many sources . . . The efforts pay off. His account is evenhanded and scrupulously detailed, yet always emotionally connected to the life of housekeeper Sarah Johnson." --Erin Aubry Kaplan, Los Angeles Times

"A fascinating look at a national shrine from another angle." --Jules Wagman, St. Louis Post-Dispatch"Casper lays bare the unique narrative of America's first sacred shrine, capturing the dizzying complexity of an early American community largely unrecognized and misunderstood." --Richard Horan, The Christian Science Monitor"Now, at last, Casper tells the story of the invisible men and women who worked the 8,000-acre riverfront estate for generations. While innumerable books have been written in recent years about the Founding Fathers, it's refreshing to read one in which slaves play a central part . . . Casper deftly uses the limited sources available to depict Johnson's life with an authenticity that is moving." --W. Ralph Eubanks, The Washington Post Book World"Casper must piece the prism together from many sources . . . The efforts pay off. His account is evenhanded and scrupulously detailed, yet always emotionally connected to the life of housekeeper Sarah Johnson." --Erin Aubry Kaplan, Los Angeles Times

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