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(0)Rachel L Swarns
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
391 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), genealogical tables ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A remarkable history of First Lady Michelle Obama's mixed ancestry as well as a portrait of America itself in an epic and inspiring family saga.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xviii, 326 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"In 1838, a group of America's most prominent Catholic priests sold 272 enslaved people to save their mission, the fledgling Georgetown University. Journalist, author, and professor Rachel L. Swarns has broken new ground with her prodigious research into a history that the Catholic Church has edited out of its own narrative. Beginning in the present, when two descendants of a family enslaved by the church reconnect, Swarns follows their ancestors...
