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

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The Smithsonian Institution’s Distinguished Scholar and Ambassador-at-Large Richard Kurin discusses his new book.

History by a Hair is the definitive account of how a discarded strand of hair found in Thomas Jefferson’s Bible at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History led to a sweeping, multi-year genomic investigation, drawing on technological advances in DNA to finally resolve a 200-year national controversy.

Book signing to follow with copies available to purchase from Scuppernong Books.

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