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Tomlinson Hill : the remarkable story of two families who share the Tomlinson name--one white, one black

"Foreign correspondent Chris Tomlinson returns to Texas to discover the truth about his family's slave owning history, [telling] the story of two families, one black and one white, who trace their ancestry to the same Central Texas slave plantation. Tomlinson discovers that his counterpart...

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Main Author: Tomlinson, Chris.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2014.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects and Genres:
Tomlinson, Chris > Family.
Tomlinson, LaDainian > Family.
African Americans > Texas > Tomlinson Hill > Biography.
White people > Texas > Tomlinson Hill > Biography.
Enslaved persons > Texas > Tomlinson Hill > Biography.
Slaveholders > Texas > Tomlinson Hill > Biography.
Plantations > Texas > Tomlinson Hill > History.
Slavery > Texas > Tomlinson Hill > History.
Tomlinson Hill (Tex.) > Biography.
Tomlinson Hill (Tex.) > Race relations.
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Summary: "Foreign correspondent Chris Tomlinson returns to Texas to discover the truth about his family's slave owning history, [telling] the story of two families, one black and one white, who trace their ancestry to the same Central Texas slave plantation. Tomlinson discovers that his counterpart in the African American family is LaDainian Tomlinson, one of the greatest running backs in the history of the National Football League"--
Physical Description: xii, 430 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 25 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-413) and index.
ISBN: 9781250005472 (hbk.)
1250005477 (hbk.)

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