Jon Kukla

Summary

Jon Kukla is an American historian and author. He attended Carthage College and the University of Toronto, and in 1973 began working with the Library of Virginia, through which he published multiple works and directed historical research. He left the facility in 1990 and two years later began serving as the curator for the Historic New Orleans Collection, of which he later served as its director. Kukla has also served as the director of Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial in Charlotte County, Virginia, a position he held until 2007.[2]

Jon Kukla
Jon Kukla in 2016 at the Library of Virginia
Born
Wisconsin[1]
Occupation(s)Historian, author
Notable workA Wilderness So Immense
Mr. Jefferson's Women

Selected bibliography edit

Books edit

  • Speakers and clerks of the Virginia House of Burgesses, 1643-1776 (1981, Library of Virginia)[3]
  • Bill of Rights: A Lively Heritage (1987, Library of Virginia, editor)
  • The Capitol Of Virginia: A Landmark Of American Architecture (1989, Library of Virginia, contributor)
  • Political Institutions in Virginia, 1619-1660 (1989, Taylor & Francis)
  • A Guide to the Papers of Pierre Clement Laussat (1993, The Historic New Orleans Collection, author and editor)
  • Patrick Henry: Voice of the Revolution (2002, PowerPlus Books)
  • A Wilderness So Immense (2003, Alfred A. Knopf)[4][5][6][7][8]
  • Thomas Jefferson: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness (2005)
  • Virginia Women: Their Lives and Times (2015, University of Georgia Press, contributor)
  • Mr. Jefferson's Women (2009, Alfred A. Knopf)[9][10][11][12]

Other works edit

References edit

  1. ^ Kukla, Jon. "Biography". JonKukla.com. Jon Kukla (via Wayback Machine). Archived from the original on 20 July 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ "Jon Kukla bio". Penguin Random House. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  3. ^ Greene, Jack P. (2003). "Reviewed Work: Speakers and Clerks of the Virginia House of Burgesses, 1643-1776 by Jon Kukla". The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. 90 (3). JSTOR 4248572.
  4. ^ Dunn, Susan (2003-04-13). "How the West Was Bought". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  5. ^ STEWART, DAVID O. (November 21, 2011). "Presidents And Pilgrims: 3 Boundary-Pushing Books". NPR.org. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  6. ^ Hammond, John Craig (2004-04-01). "Book Reviews: A Wilderness So Immense, by Jon Kukla". Pennsylvania History. 71 (2): 241–243. ISSN 2153-2109.
  7. ^ "[A Wilderness So Immense: The Louisiana Purchase]". C-SPAN.org. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  8. ^ Bernstein, R. B. (2003), "Reviewed Works: A Wilderness so Immense: The Louisiana Purchase and the Destiny of America by Jon Kukla; Mr. Jefferson's Lost Cause: Land, Farmers, Slavery, and the Louisiana Purchase by Roger G. Kennedy", The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, JSTOR 4250143
  9. ^ Schiff, Stacy (2007-10-14). "Mr. Jefferson's Women - Jon Kukla - Books - Review". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  10. ^ Donahue, Deirdre (December 19, 2007). "Mr. Jefferson's Women". USA Today. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  11. ^ "Nonfiction Book Review: Mr. Jefferson's Women by Jon Kukla, Author ". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  12. ^ Tise, Larry E. (2009-02-01). "Jon Kukla. Mr. Jefferson's Women. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 2007. Pp. xiii, 279. $26.95". The American Historical Review. 114 (1): 164–165. doi:10.1086/ahr.114.1.164. ISSN 0002-8762.

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