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03089aam a2200409 a 4500 001 F5408572FB3811E2823B5EA3DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20130802010038 008 121227s2013 nyua b 001 0deng 010 $a 2012048876 020 $a 1616147296 (hbk. : acid-free paper) 020 $a 9781616147297 (hbk. : acid-free paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)818738066 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $d IG# $d BTCTA $d OCLCO $d UKMGB $d DAD $d AXV $d WIM $d ORX $d YDXCP $d TOL $d BWX $d CDX $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E332.2 $b .H663 2013 100 1 $a Holowchak, Mark, $d 1958- 245 10 $a Framing a legend : $b exposing the distorted history of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings / $c M. Andrew Holowchak. 260 $a Amherst, N.Y. : $b Prometheus Books, $c c2013. 300 $a 296 p. : $b ill. ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 00 $g Appendix C: $r Professor Robert F. Turner -- $g Preface -- $g pt. 1. $t Last will and testament of Thomas Jefferson. $t Mining Jefferson's ore: Jefferson's forbidden females -- $t Controlling the discourse: Cutting down Jefferson to size -- $t Rationalizations and secrets: Jefferson's affair of convenience -- $g pt. 2: $t UNFRAMING THE LEGEND : -- $t The "tiresome" argument from character: A defense of moral impossibility -- $t High priests of the moral temple: Shifty science and "Aesopian history" -- $t A "convenient defect of vision": Jefferson's view of Blacks -- $g Appendix A: $t A transcript of Callender's 1802 article: "The President Again," by James Thomson Callender, in The Recorder; or, Lady's and Gentleman's Miscellany, Published September 1, 1802 in Richmond, Virginia -- $g Appendix B: $t A transcript of Madison Heming's account -- $g Appendix C: $t Last will and testament of Thomas Jefferson. 520 0 $a "It is accepted by most scholars that Thomas Jefferson had a lengthy affair with his slave Sally Hemings and fathered at least one of her children. This conclusion is based on a 1998 DNA study published in Nature and on the work of historian Annette Gordon-Reed, assumed by many to be the last word on the subject. But as author M. Andrew Holowchak argues compellingly in this eye-opening investigation, the DNA evidence is inconclusive and there are remarkable flaws in the leading historical scholarship purporting to show such a liasion." -- Book jacket. 600 10 $a Jefferson, Thomas, $d 1743-1826 $x Relations with women. 600 10 $a Jefferson, Thomas, $d 1743-1826 $x Relations with slaves. 600 10 $a Hemings, Sally. 650 0 $a Paternity testing $z United States $v Case studies. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Holowchak, Mark, 1958- $t Framing a legend. $d Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2013 $z 9781616147303 $w (OCoLC)840497086 941 $a 6 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204065759.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110051723.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191213015249.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006071319.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826073708.0 952 $l PRAX771 $d 20130802011647.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F5408572FB3811E2823B5EA3DAD10320 994 $a Z0 $b IODInitiate Another SILO Locator Search