Framing a legend : exposing the distorted history of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings /
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Author / Creator: | Holowchak, Mark, 1958- |
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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 |
ISBN: | 9781616147297 (hbk. : acid-free paper) 1616147296 (hbk. : acid-free paper) 9781616147303 (ebook) 161614730X (ebook) |
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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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