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1879 by a second generation of the Levy family, Jefferson Monroe Levy, a wealthy New York real estate and stock speculator and three-term congressman.
The new owner poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into the repair and upkeep of the grand old mansion, only to be rewarded by a vicious national campaign — with anti-Semitic overtones aimed at its Jewish owner — to have the house taken over by the federal government.
After years of resisting pressure to give up the house to the government, Jefferson Levy finally agreed in 1923 to sell Monticello to the non-profit Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation for $500,000.
Saving Monticello is published by Simon & Schuster’s Free Press, and retails for $25.
Mr. Leepson will sign and discuss his book in an appearance Saturday, April 6, from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Old Sperryville Bookshop on Main Street in Sperryville.
The event is free and open to the public, and reservations are not needed.
Signed copies will be available at the Old Sperryville Bookshop.
Persons unable to attend the signing may reserve a signed copy by calling the book shop at (540) 987-8444, or bysending an e-mail message to bookchurch@earthlink.net.
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