Hyland, William G.
In defense of Thomas Jefferson : the Sally Hemings sex scandal / William G. Hyland Jr. - 1st ed. - New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2009. - xix, 292 p. ; 25 cm.
James Callender : "human nature in a hideous form" -- Misleading DNA -- Sally Hemings and Randolph Jefferson : "the unknown brother" -- "An American in Paris" -- Timing and conception -- Carr brothers and other male Jeffersons -- Jefferson's declining health -- The scholars commission and the character issue -- Madison Hemings : gossip and hearsay -- Jefferson on trial -- Secret rooms and other Hollywood fantasies -- The Monticello report : a "rush to judgment" -- The Charlottesville connection : true believers -- The "Sally" books -- Jefferson under siege : "presentism" -- Final argument : an innocent man.
Destroys the myth that Thomas Jefferson had a relationship with his slave Sally Heming and concludes that Jefferson's younger brother, Randolph, is the most likely candidate to have fathered Hemings's children.
98692
9780312561000 (alk. paper) 0312561008 (alk. paper)
2009007588
Hemings, Sally
Jefferson, Thomas 1743-1826
Hemings family.
Jefferson family
Biographies
Biographies
973.46092 Hyl 15
In defense of Thomas Jefferson : the Sally Hemings sex scandal / William G. Hyland Jr. - 1st ed. - New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2009. - xix, 292 p. ; 25 cm.
James Callender : "human nature in a hideous form" -- Misleading DNA -- Sally Hemings and Randolph Jefferson : "the unknown brother" -- "An American in Paris" -- Timing and conception -- Carr brothers and other male Jeffersons -- Jefferson's declining health -- The scholars commission and the character issue -- Madison Hemings : gossip and hearsay -- Jefferson on trial -- Secret rooms and other Hollywood fantasies -- The Monticello report : a "rush to judgment" -- The Charlottesville connection : true believers -- The "Sally" books -- Jefferson under siege : "presentism" -- Final argument : an innocent man.
Destroys the myth that Thomas Jefferson had a relationship with his slave Sally Heming and concludes that Jefferson's younger brother, Randolph, is the most likely candidate to have fathered Hemings's children.
98692
9780312561000 (alk. paper) 0312561008 (alk. paper)
2009007588
Hemings, Sally
Jefferson, Thomas 1743-1826
Hemings family.
Jefferson family
Biographies
Biographies
973.46092 Hyl 15