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First paperback edition, 3rd printing. 160pp, photo and art credits, For More Information, Index. With an introduction by Lucian K Truscott. Historical essays by Annette Gordon-Reed and Beverly gray. 117 historic illustrations. ".in 1998 DNA evidence linked the Jefferson and Hemings families. In the aftermath of this controversial news, Shannon and co-author/photographer Jane Feldman embarked on a cross-country journey to interview and photograph family members, both Jefferson and Hemings. The resulting document-presented here for the first time in paperback and with sixteen pages of late-breaking news-is not simply about black and white. It is the story of family-the unique family that is America-and it belongs to all of us, black and white, young and old.Adults and children who read [this book] will find themselves thinking about race, history and family in a new way."

9-1/2 X 10-1/2-inch hardcover quarto dated 10/00 and signed in black marker by both authors to top of the half-title page. Top corner of the blank FFE has been trimmed away, presumably to remove a Previous Owner's Name. Number line complete 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 -- the first printing. Jefferson's offspring, both via the woman he could not marry -- his widow's mixed-race half-sister, Sally Hemmings -- and otherwise. 144 pp.

First paperback edition, with added material. 4to. 160 pp. Illustrated from photographs, some in color, old art, ephemera, portraits, map. Chapters on the families of Thomas Jefferson, through both his wife Martha and his slave Sally Hemings; the author is a descendant of Jefferson and Hemings and this edition includes a portrait line of descent from them to the author. Inscribed by the author and photographer at the head of the title page in 2003. Illustrated glossy wrappers. Very good.

Random House 2000 First Edition NL with 1 Bright photo illustrated pages. Some in color. HEAVY ITEM.