THOMAS JEFFERSON'S CHILDREN AMERICAN FAMILY STORY HCDJ

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UP FOR YOUR BIDDING PLEASURE, FRESH FROM A WACO ESTATE SALE: "JEFFERSON'S CHILDREN; THE STORY OF ONE AMERICAN FAMILY" by SHANNON LANIER & JANE FELDMAN, WITH AN INTRODUCTION by LUCIAN K. TRUSCOTT IV, 2000 COPYRIGHT, PUBLISHED by RANDOM HOUSE, NEW YORK, HARDCOVER W/ UNCLIPPED DUSTJACKET, 144 PAGES, MEASURES 10 5/8" X 9 1/2", VERY LARGE, COFFEE TABLE TYPE BOOK. EXCERPT FROM DUSTJACKET: "SHANNON LANIER WAS IN FIRST GRADE WHEN HE STOOD UP ON PRESIDENT'S DAY AND ANNOUNCED TO THE CLASS THAT THOMAS JEFFERSON WAS HIS ANCESTOR. NO ONE BELIEVED HIM. WHY, BECAUSE SHANNON LANIER IS BLACK, AND THE STORY OF HIS FAMILY-THAT THEY HAD SPRUNG FROM THE UNION OF PRESIDENT JEFFERSON AND HIS AFRICAN-AMERICAN SLAVE SALLY HEMINGS-HAS BEEN PASSED DOWN THROUGH THE GENERATIONS, WITHOUT BENEFIT OF OFFICIAL HISTORICAL DOCUMENTATION. BUT ON NOV. 1, 1998, SHANNON'S STORY BECAME MORE THAN JUST ORAL HISTORY. THAT DAY, THE NEWS BROKE THAT DNA EVIDENCE HAD BEEN DISCOVERED TO LINK JEFFERSON AND HEMINGS THROUGH THEIR YOUNGEST SON. SOON AFTER, OPRAH WINFREY UNITED DESCENDANTS OF JEFFERSON AND HEMINGS ON NATIONAL TELEVISION. IT WAS AMERICA'S FIRST LOOK AT THIS HIGHLY SYMBOLIC "FIRST FAMILY". THIS BOOK IS IN GREAT CONDITION. MINOR SHELFWEAR, NOTHING SERIOUS. THERE IS SOME CHIPPING TO THE  FOOT OF THE SPINE ON THE DJ AND BOOK. OTHER THAN THAT, NO ISSUES THAT I CAN SEE. NO RIPS, TEARS, MARKINGS, OR MISSING PAGES. I HAVE OTHER GREAT TEXAS, CIVIL WAR & WWII, AND SOUTHERN GENEALOGY BOOKS LISTED AND AS ALWAYS I GLADLY COMBINE SHIPPING. I MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ACCURATLY DESCRIBE MY ITEMS, BUT I AM BY NO MEANS AN EXPERT. SO PLEASE ASK ANY AND ALL QUESTIONS BEFORE BIDDING AS ALL SALES ARE FINAL. 

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