#dabney carr

[veranodelmar]

i actually forgot about tumblr so... my bad lol

mind if a girl posts a little thomas jefferson x dabney carr for the soul?

[vexilloquy]

Young Thomas Jefferson wards women away from his and Dabney Carr’s Special Tree, and other illustrations from Thomas Jefferson by Cheryl Harness

[owlsong74]

Look at what we found at a used book store today! An early-reader book that's at the same time really bad, and really funny. It's called Thomas Jefferson and the Ghostriders, and it is the wierdest bit of Jefferson I think I've ever come across. 

Here's the plot:

An 'Indian Burial Ground' is marked on this map of Virginia, but Tom's dad is all - "Don't go there son! It's Holy!" But then some friend of Tom and Dabney Carr tells them it's haunted. At which point, Dabney is all "I dare you to come with me there tonight!" and Tom agrees. They go there, and find that the Native Americans who were visiting are pretty cool. Jefferson, of course, becomes best friends with the tribe, and learns that, hey, all men are created equal.

Reading the last couple of pages is really awkward, knowing TJ's less-than-stellar record with actually considering all men equal.

(And I hope no kids took this thing to be historical fact.)