Sally Hemings: An American Scandal: The Struggle to Tell the Controversial True Story
by Tina Andrews
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Publication Date: Apr 01, 2001
List Price: Unavailable
Format: Hardcover, 273 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780970129543
Imprint: The Malibu Press
Publisher: The Malibu Press
Parent Company: The Malibu Press
Written by the screenwriter/exec. prod. of one of the most highly rated miniseries in history, here’s the story behind the controversial miniseries Sally Hemings: An American Scandal. Was she a mistress or a victim?
Decide for yourself & get the behind-the-scenes story of all the drama that was caused by this groundbreaking miniseries. Hemings was rumored to have been the slave mistress of Thomas Jefferson, the 3rd Pres. of the U.S. Here Andrews chronicles the extensive research conducted, incl. the shocking DNA discovery that Jefferson fathered a child with Hemings, & all that went into producing this touchy tale. Photos. Winner, NAACP Image Award for Outstand. Achievement in Literary Nonfiction.