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One hundred years in the life of a founding father's 5, 000 acre "retreat"Poplar Forest embodies the culmination of Jefferson's vision of the American agricultural ideal. This highly readable volume introduces us to the people, objects, and landscapes of Poplar Forest in the tumultuous period between the Revolution and the Civil War. Jefferson's Poplar Forest presents a remarkably multidimensional portrait of the estate as a personal retreat, ...

Thomas Jefferson once called his plantation Poplar Forest, the most valuable of my possessions. For Jefferson, Poplar Forest was a private retreat. From the plantation house to the weeds in the garden, contributors to this volume examine the landscapes of the property, investigating the relationships between the people, objects, and places of Poplar Forest.