Now Playing at Reason.tv: Twilight at Monticello

reason.tv recently sat down Alan Pell Crawford, author of the new book Twilight at Monticello: The Final Years of Thomas Jefferson, which details in meticulous and lively detail the late life of America's third president.

In this 20-minute interview, Crawford, a one-time press secretary to Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) and widely published journalist, discusses Jefferson's massive contributions to American political discourse; his role in creating the University of Virginia; his relationship to Sally Hemings, slavery, and manumission; and much, much more.

Click on the image below to watch the video.

Comments

R C Dean | February 27, 2008, 3:09pm | #

Damn. He even looks like Jefferson.

Warty | February 27, 2008, 3:42pm | #

Wow, that was good. I might have to get his book.

jpok | February 27, 2008, 3:47pm | #

He also kinda looks like Geddy Lee circa 2018. From the still, anyway.

jen | February 27, 2008, 3:51pm | #

Interesting~
Thanks!

Petunia Wainwright | February 27, 2008, 4:10pm | #

reason sucks

Dave Francis | February 27, 2008, 4:15pm | #

You're wrong, Petunia. Only their male writers do.

Jonathan Hohensee | February 27, 2008, 4:26pm | #

From what he describes, Twilight at Monticello sounds like it would be an awesome movie. It'd be like "The Money Pit" meets the "1776" musical.

Jonathan Hohensee | February 27, 2008, 4:49pm | #

Only, you know, without the sex-crazed wife, the perverted Ben Franklin, and Knight Rider as John Adams.

Continental Congress | February 27, 2008, 5:03pm | #

SIT DOWN JON, SIT DOWN JON, FOR GOD'S SAKE SIT DOWN.

Kevin | February 27, 2008, 5:16pm | #

To quote Thomas Jefferson: "'Twould be great if thou didst turn on comments on thine video page instead (insteadst?) of makest-ing the people traverse to this blogst."

Jonathan Hohensee | February 27, 2008, 5:19pm | #

To quote Thomas Jefferson: "'Twould be great if thou didst turn on comments on thine video page instead (insteadst?) of makest-ing the people traverse to this blogst."
The man was so ahead of his time

Warty | February 27, 2008, 5:22pm | #

Jefferson talked in bad Elizabethan English? He was quite a bit behind his time then.

Kevin | February 27, 2008, 5:54pm | #

You don't know that for sure, Warty. Bad Elizabethan English could be future slang! 'Thou' and 'thine' are making a comeback, I tell you. Methinks.

Jonathan Hohensee | February 27, 2008, 5:57pm | #

"Duckets" has already came back.

rah62 | February 27, 2008, 7:16pm | #

Are you sure this guy isn't Siegfried, looking for a post-Roy career?

drawn asunder | February 27, 2008, 8:13pm | #

Carson, from Queer Eye.

Gaying it forward.

Ross Williams | February 27, 2008, 9:34pm | #

download link for iPod format would be appreciated. Or just give me a flv file and I'll convert it myself.

this goes for other videos as well.

Kevin | February 27, 2008, 11:07pm | #

Seriously though, do we HAVE to visit this blog if we want to comment on the videos? I don't dislike your blog, I just don't often read it. But I've got your videos on RSS, because I find them extremely interesting.

I'll probably keep watching the videos because I'm a huge fan of Drew Carey, but I won't come back here to comment, and without comments on the video site, I won't need to revisit old videos.

Just a head's up for your accounting dept.