Framing a legend : exposing the distorted history of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings /

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Author / Creator:Holowchak, Mark, 1958-
Imprint:Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2013.
Description:296 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9128182
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ISBN:9781616147297 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
1616147296 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
9781616147303 (ebook)
161614730X (ebook)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"It is accepted by most acholars that Thomas Jefferson had a lengthy affair with his slave Sally Hemings and fathered at least one of her children. This conclusion is based on a 1998 DNA study published in Nature and on the work of historian Annette Gordon-Reed, assumed by many to be the last word on the subject. But as author M. Andrew Holowchak argues compellingly in this eye-opening investigation, the DNA evidence is inconclusive and there are remarkable flaws in the leading historical scholarship purporting to show such a liasion." -- Book jacket.
Other form:Online version: Holowchak, Mark, 1958- Framing a legend. Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2013 9781616147303

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