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History by a Hair: Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings & Solving a 200-Year-Old Mystery

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The definitive account of how a discarded strand of hair found in Thomas Jefferson’s Bible led to a sweeping, multi-year genomic investigation, drawing on technological advances in DNA to finally resolve a 200-year national controversy.

“Written with the gravitas of history and the pace of a thriller, Richard Kurin’s landmark account is vital and compelling.”—Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power


In 2011, staff at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of...