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Sally Hemings : a novel / Barbara Chase-Riboud.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chase-Riboud, Barbara.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hemings, Sally--Fiction.
- Hemings, Sally.
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Relations with women--Fiction.
- Jefferson, Thomas.
- Presidents--United States--Fiction.
- Presidents.
- African American women--Fiction.
- African American women.
- Enslaved women--Fiction.
- Enslaved women.
- Mistresses--Fiction.
- Mistresses.
- Virginia--Fiction.
- Virginia.
- Genre:
- Biographical fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 348 p. ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Viking Press, 1979.
- Summary:
- Barbara Chase-Riboud's moving and controversial novel recreates the love story of Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States and author of the Declaration of Independence, and his beautiful quadroon slave, Sally Hemings. Spanning two continents, sixty years, and seven presidencies, Sally Hemings explores the complex blend of love and hate, tenderness and cruelty, freedom and bondage, that made their lifelong liaison one of the most poignant and unforgettable chapters in American history.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- "A Seaver book."
- Cited in:
- Fiction core collection. 16th ed., p. 94
- ISBN:
- 0670616052
- 9780670616053
- OCLC:
- 4194850
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