Hyland, William G.   <br/><br/>
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. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/> 98692 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780312561000 (alk. paper) 0312561008 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009007588 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Hemings, Sally<br/>Jefferson, Thomas 1743-1826 <br/>Hemings family.<br/>Jefferson family
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Biographies<br/>Biographies
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>973.46092 Hyl   15