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.
JEFFERSON'S CHILDREN: The Story of One American Family.
Lanier, Shannon and Jane Feldman; Introduction by Lucian K. Truscott IV
JEFFERSON'S CHILDREN: The Story of One American Family.
Lanier, Shannon and Jane Feldman; Introduction by Lucian K. Truscott IV
Publisher: New York: Random House, (2000) dj
Date published: 2000
Format: Hardcover
SIGNED hardcover first edition - First printing. A journey across the country by Shannon Lanier, a descendent of Jefferson, and photographer Jane Feldmen, to meet the rest of his family, the descendants - both black and white - of Thomas Jefferson -and in some cases, of Sally Hemings. INSCRIBED on the half title page by the author, Shannon Lanier, and dated in the year of publication. Illustrated throughout with photographs in both color and black and white. Introduction by Lucian K. Truscott IV. Index. Large square format. 144 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
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top edge gilt: The top of the text block (the edges the pages that are visible when looking directly down at the top of a closed book) has been decorated with a gold-like finish.