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Author Tomlinson, Chris.

Title Tomlinson Hill : the remarkable story of two families who share the Tomlinson name--one white, one black / Chris Tomlinson ; foreword by LaDanian Tomlinson.

Publication Info. New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2014.

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  305.896 TOMLINSON    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Biographies  92 BIOGRAPHY TOMLINSON    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield at the Atrium  305.896 TOM    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  305.896 TOM    Storage
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  305.896 TOM    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  305.896 TOM    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  305.896 TOM    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  305.896 TO    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xii, 430 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 25 cm
Summary "Foreign correspondent Chris Tomlinson returns to Texas to discover the truth about his family's slave owning history, [telling] 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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-413) and index.
Subject African Americans -- Texas -- Tomlinson Hill -- Biography.
Tomlinson Hill (Tex.) -- Biography.
Tomlinson Hill (Tex.) -- Race relations.
White people -- Texas -- Tomlinson Hill -- Biography.
Enslaved persons -- Texas -- Tomlinson Hill -- Biography.
Tomlinson, LaDainian -- Family.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies.
Slaveholders -- Texas -- Tomlinson Hill -- Biography.
Slavery -- Texas -- Tomlinson Hill -- History.
Plantations -- Texas -- Tomlinson Hill -- History.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural Heritage.
Tomlinson, Chris -- Family.
Local Subject Enslavers -- Texas -- Tomlinson Hill -- Biography.
Subject SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery.
ISBN 9781250005472 (hardback)
1250005477 (hardback)
9781466850507 (ebk.)
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