The hemingses of monticello / Annette Gordon-Reed

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes bibliographical references and index Chronology of the Hemings Family -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: Origins -- Part II: The Vaunted Scene of Europe -- Part III: On the Mountain -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.

"This epic work―named a best book of the year by the Washington Post, Time, the Los Angeles Times, Amazon, the San Francisco Chronicle, and a notable book by the New York Times―tells the story of the Hemingses, whose close blood ties to our third president had been systematically expunged from American history until very recently. Now, historian and legal scholar Annette Gordon-Reed traces the Hemings family from its origins in Virginia in the 1700s to the family’s dispersal after Jefferson’s death in 1826."