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Title: Jefferson's Children : The Story of One American Family by Jane Feldman, Shannon Lanier ISBN: 0-375-80597-4 Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 05 September, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.36 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Spirit of Hope
Comment: I have just finished reading Jefferson's Children:The Story of One American Family, and the stories included here of the Hemings and Jefferson families have given me renewed hope that someday we all will treat each other as cousins and family. I realize that all families don't love each other, but these stories encourage me to believe that we can be more loving toward all people.
While this is catalogued as a children's book (ages 9-12), I believe it is a family book. Parents should read and discuss it with their children and teachers will develop lesson plans around it. I believe that this book will bring us all closer together.
Rating: 5
Summary: Out of bondage.
Comment: This story is catalogued as a book for teens and young adults,
but I found it great reading for an older audience. It was
written as a result of research done by twenty-year-old Shannon
Lanier, a direct descendant of Thomas Jefferson and his slave
Sally Hemings. With slavery as the backdrop, this book is an
attempt to combine the history of one American family. Amidst
the controversy surrounding the biography of Thomas Jefferson
and his offspring, Shannon shares his family's story.
Many descendants of Martha Jefferson and several generations of
historians have resisted the claims of kinship to Jefferson by
Hemings' offspring, and they feel these claims will tarnish his
legacy. But the information collected by Shannon is not a myth,
and it is his belief that he has found the final piece of puzzle
to complete the search for the the Hemings' family tree. Shannon
never intended to bring shame to Jefferson's legacy, but he is
aware that his research will show an unveiled look at a man many
feel is beyond reproach.
The story is told with a collection of historical essays,
interviews and family photographs, and is wonderfully illustrated
by Jane Feldman. This is not the Thomas Jefferson we studied in
school and there is the strong possibility that this particular
information may never appear in history books. Since there are no
written records of the slaves' birth, and of the period after
slavery was abolished, to substantiate Shannon's claims. The
history during these periods was memorized and told by oral
historians. But in 1998 DNA tests produced evidence that there
is a link between the Jefferson and Hemings families.
If nothing else, this story should produce sensitive discussions
on how we define our country based on the color of our skin. The
introduction by Lucian K. Truscott IV, a fifth generation great-
grandson of Jefferson through their daughter Martha
Jefferson-Randolph, shares his hope that this story will show us
that the worth of a person should not be determined only by what
we see.
Reviewed by aNN Brown
of The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers
Rating: 5
Summary: A JOURNEY TOWARD RACIAL HEALING
Comment: The recently published paperback is an update of the original hardback. It adds 16 pages of interesting happenings, including a visit to the White House. Additional, outstanding artwork is also included. Many different areas are identified where educators have used the original, hardback publication for academic studies. Shannon Lanier prefaces the new pages with a statement of hope for the future of his kids, his entire family and for America. Near the end, Jane Feldman extends this as a challenge to live up to Thomas Jefferson's legacy, especially: "All men are created equal".
"Jefferson's Children" is a true story of racial togetherness. It starts with Shannon and Jane off on a cross country journey. This is a model in itself, for their backgrounds and colors are substantialy different. The journey concludes with the writings of many people of different colors and backgrounds, including some who do not claim to be descended from Thomas Jefferson. This projects one loving and caring family - all of which is a unique and outstanding model of racial togetherness.
The paperback represents a step forward in American history. As readers recognize this, they may find both the hope and the challenge for the future as Shannon and Jane have.
Those who are interested in the question of who fathered Sally Hemings children may find an analysis by the National Genealogical Society of interest. It is JEFFERSON-HEMINGS, Quarterly Journal, volume 89, number 3, published in september 2001 and is available...at subscribing libraries.
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Title: Sally Hemings by Barbara Chase-Riboud ISBN: 0312247044 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy by Annette Gordon-Reed ISBN: 0813918332 Publisher: University Press of Virginia Pub. Date: 01 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $13.45 |
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Title: Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson: History, Memory, and Civic Culture by Jan Lewis, Peter S. Onuf ISBN: 0813919193 Publisher: University Press of Virginia Pub. Date: 01 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $16.22 |
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Title: A President in the Family: Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings, and Thomas Woodson by Byron W. Woodson Sr. ISBN: 0275971740 Publisher: Praeger Publishers Pub. Date: 28 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: Anatomy of a Scandal: Thomas Jefferson & the Sally Story by Rebecca L. McMurry, James F., Jr McMurry, David N. Mayer ISBN: 1572493038 Publisher: White Mane Publishing Company Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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