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A President in the Family: Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings, and Thomas Woodson
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A President in the Family: Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings, and Thomas Woodson Hardcover - 2001

by Woodson Sr., Byron W

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A sixth generation descendant of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings details the quest to corroborate family lore, to locate missing family members, and to reveal the truth about the complex day-to-day life at Monticello. 30 photos.

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  • Title A President in the Family: Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings, and Thomas Woodson
  • Author Woodson Sr., Byron W
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First edition
  • Condition New
  • Pages 312
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Praeger, Westport, Connecticut, U.S.A.
  • Date 2001-02-28
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # Q-0275971740
  • ISBN 9780275971748 / 0275971740
  • Weight 1.5 lbs (0.68 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.3 x 9.2 x 1 in (16.00 x 23.37 x 2.54 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
    • Topical: Family
  • Library of Congress subjects Jefferson, Thomas - Relations with women, Jefferson, Thomas - Relations with slaves
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00061169
  • Dewey Decimal Code 973.460

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First line

Despite all that Parisian society had to offer, Thomas Jefferson was lonely.

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Citations

  • Black Issues Book Review, 05/01/2005, Page 41
  • Booklist, 12/15/2000, Page 801
  • Booklist Editors Choice/Adult, 01/01/2002, Page 760
  • Ebony, 07/01/2001, Page 25
  • Kirkus Reviews, 02/15/2001, Page 250
  • Library Journal, 04/15/2001, Page 108
  • Publishers Weekly, 04/02/2001, Page 51
  • Reference and Research Bk News, 08/01/2001, Page 54

About the author

BYRON W. WOODSON SR. is a son of Minnie S. Woodson, who researched the Woodson genealogy and wrote the Woodson Source Book. He is a sixth generation descendant of Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson and a great-great-grandson of the Reverend Lewis Woodson, the father of black nationalism. Byron Woodson gave a blood sample for the Hemings/Jefferson DNA test in 1997 and with his wife, Trena, has extended research to Thomas Jefferson's papers, uncovering new findings. Woodson is a graduate of Lincoln University (Pa.) and Temple University where he earned a MBA.

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