Tomlinson Hill : the remarkable story of two families who share the Tomlinson name-- one white, one black
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Clifton Springs Library - Adult Nonfiction
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xii, 430 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, portraits, facsimiles, genealogical tables, photographs : 25 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Foreign correspondent Chris Tomlinson returned to Texas to discover the truth about his family's slave owning history. Tomlinson Hill tells 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. LaDainian's father was the last Tomlinson living on the Hill when he died in 2007. LaDainian's earliest memories are from the idyllic community built by former slaves on the former plantation grounds. Chris learns that many of the stories surrounding the Civil War and the South that he learned as a child are simply untrue. He finds family letters that detail the mix of brutality and meager kindness that his relatives used to maintain order. He then compares and contrasts what the two families experienced at Emancipation, during Reconstruction, through the rise of the Ku Klux Klan and the Civil Rights era, and ending the day LaDainian's father died.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Tomlinson, C. (2014). Tomlinson Hill: the remarkable story of two families who share the Tomlinson name-- one white, one black (First Edition.). Thomas Dunne Books / St Martins Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Tomlinson, Chris. 2014. Tomlinson Hill: The Remarkable Story of Two Families Who Share the Tomlinson Name-- One White, One Black. New York: Thomas Dunne Books / St Martins Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Tomlinson, Chris. Tomlinson Hill: The Remarkable Story of Two Families Who Share the Tomlinson Name-- One White, One Black New York: Thomas Dunne Books / St Martins Press, 2014.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Tomlinson, Chris. Tomlinson Hill: The Remarkable Story of Two Families Who Share the Tomlinson Name-- One White, One Black First Edition., Thomas Dunne Books / St Martins Press, 2014.

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